Edward Jenkins

Who was Edward Jenkins?

The Very Revd Thomas Edward Jenkins was an eminent Anglican priest.

Jenkins was educated at St David's College, Lampeter. He was ordained in 1925 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Llanelli. From 1934 to 1938 he was Rector of Begelly. From then until 1946 he was Vicar of Christ Church, Llanelli after which he was Rural Dean of Lampeter. He was Vicar of Cardigan from 1955 to 1957 when he became Dean of St David's, a post he held for 15 years.