Leslie Lloyd Rees

Leslie Lloyd Rees (properly surnamed Lloyd-Rees, but sometimes called Rees; 14 April 1919 – 4 July 2013)[1] was variously Honorary Chaplain to the Queen,[2] Chaplain-General of Prisons[3] and Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury.[4]

Rees was educated at Kelham Theological College.[5] He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1942 (20 September)[6] and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (18 September 1943) — both times by John Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff at Llandaff Cathedral.[7][8] after a brief curacy at St Saviour, Roath,[9] he embarked on a long career as a Prison Chaplain: he was successively Chaplain at Cardiff, Durham, Dartmoor and Winchester.[5] In 1962 he was appointed to the head of the service (Chaplain-General of Prisons), a post he held until his appointment to the episcopate 18 years later.[10] He was also appointed honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral in 1966.[11] He was consecrated a bishop on 3 November 1980, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[12] He became a Chaplain of the Order of St John (ChStJ).

In retirement he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Winchester,[13] having settled in Alresford, Hampshire.[11] and served as a member of the Parole Board for England and Wales from 1987 to 1990.[5]

Later in retirement he moved to a retirement home at Blackwater, Isle of Wight[5] where he died in July 2013, aged 94.