Individual Details

Roland Merrick

(1505 - 1563)

Roland Merrick was the first Protestant Bishop of Bangor, which office he held from 1559 to 1563, when he died. He was buried in Bangor Cathederal. Bangor which is in North Wales, just across the narrow strait, (Menai Strait) which separates the Island of Anglesey from the main land. During his incumbency of the Bishopric, he had his younger brother, Rev. Edmund Merrick, L.L.D., as his arch-deacon.

Events

Birth1505Llangadwaladr, Anglesey, Wales
Death1563Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
Occupationthe Bishop of Bangor, Wales

Families

FatherMEYRICK ap Llewellyn (1470 - )
MotherMargaret Verch ROWLAND (1483 - )
SiblingJohn MERRICK (1513 - )
SiblingReynault Merrick ( - )
SiblingRichard Merrick ( - )
SiblingWilliam Merrick ( - )
SiblingOwain Merrick ( - )
SiblingEdmund Merrick ( - )
SiblingAlice Merrick ( - )
SiblingSionedd Merrick ( - )
SiblingAgnes Merrick ( - )

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