Born: Au­gust 15, 1874, Llain, Llann­on, Car­mar­then, Wales.

Died: Apr­il 29, 1939, Lllan­daff, Wales.

Buried: Lllan­daff, Wales.

Rees at­tend­ed St. Da­vid’s Coll­ege School and St. Da­vid’s Coll­ege, Lam­pe­ter (BA 1869), and St. Mi­chael’s Coll­ege, Ab­er­dare (1897). He be­came a dea­con in 1897, and priest the next year. He served as Cur­ate of Mount­ain Ash (1897-1901); Chap­lain of St. Mi­chael’s Coll­ege, Ab­er­dare (1901-6); mem­ber of the Com­mun­i­ty of the Re­sur­rect­ion, Mir­field (1907); Chap­lain to the Forc­es (1915-19); and War­den of the Coll­ege of the Re­sur­rect­ion (1922). He al­so served in mis­sions to New Zea­land (1910 & 1913), Can­a­da (1914), and Sri Lan­ka (1929). He be­came Bi­shop of Llan­daff in 1931.

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1. From the Depths of Sin and Fail­ure