Benjamin Price (bishop)

Benjamin Price (1804-1896) was the first bishop of the Free Church of England.

Born in 1804 at Llanllywenfel (Llanlleon-vel), in the Buellt district of Brecon, the son of Isaac Price, a shopkeeper and prominent Calvinistic Methodist elder.

It seems that he was not fluent in the Welsh language, which may be the reason for him transferring to Lady Huntingdon’s Connexion.

Soon afterwards, in 1845, Price became the Free Church of England’s minister at Ilfracombe.

In 1876, Bishop Edward Cridge[2] of British Columbia in the Reformed Episcopal Church came over, and formally consecrated Price.

The Right Reverend Benjamin Price, first Bishop and Primus of The Free Church of England
The Right Reverend Benjamin Price, first Bishop and Primus of The Free Church of England. Elected in 1868 and consecrated in 1876.
The Right Reverend Benjamin Price, consecrated in 1876.