Papers of the Right Reverend Anthony Pierce

D/D AEP 1 Records relating to the Rt Rev. Anthony Pierce as curate at St Peter's, Cockett and Swansea St Mary, 1962-1974

D/D AEP 2 Records relating to the Rt Rev. Anthony Pierce as vicar of Llwynderw, 1974-1994

D/D AEP 3 Records relating to the Rt Rev. Anthony Pierce as vicar of Swansea St Barnabas, 1992-1997

D/D AEP 4 Records relating to the Rt Rev. Anthony Pierce as vicar of Swansea St Mary and Archdeacon of Gower, 1996-1999

D/D AEP 5 Records relating to the connection of the Rt Rev. Anthony Pierce with Swansea University, 1961-1990s

D/D AEP 6 Records relating to the Rt Rev. Anthony Pierce as chaplain to Singleton Hospital, mid 20th century-1988

D/D AEP 7 Records relating to the Rt Rev. Anthony Pierce as Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, 1999-2008

D/D AEP 8 Records relating to other bodies and initiatives with which the Rt Rev. Anthony Pierce was connected, 1964-2000s

D/D AEP 9 Periodicals, reports and other printed material, 1909-2008

D/D AEP 10 Records relating to other churches in the diocese of Swansea and Brecon, 1935-2003

D/D AEP 11 Photographs and drawings, 1944-c. 2008

D/D AEP 12 Personal items, 1883-1961

Anthony Edward Pierce was born in Swansea on 16 Jan. 1941, and attended Dynevor School, Swansea University and Linacre College, Oxford. He was ordained on 18 Dec. 1965 after attending theological college at Rippon College, Cuddesdon, near Oxford. He was ordained and did two curacies, the first at St Peter's, Cockett from 1965 to 1967, the second at Swansea St Mary from 1967 to 1974. He was then the first vicar of the newly-created parish of Llwynderw from 1974 to 1992, before becoming the vicar of Swansea St Barnabas from 1993 to 1996. He served as Chaplain to Singleton Hospital from 1980 to 1995, Secretary of the Diocesan Conference from 1991 to 1995, and Diocesan Director of Education from 1992 to 1995. In 1995, while vicar of Swansea St Barnabas, he was appointed Archdeacon of Gower, and the following year became vicar of Swansea St Mary. In 1999 he was made Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, a position he held until his retirement in 2008.

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