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.
[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.
[11] He was consecrated a bishop on 3 November 1980, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.
In retirement he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Winchester,[13] having settled in Alresford, Hampshire.