John Meirion Lloyd (Corris, Merionethshire 4 May 1913 - Prestatyn, 30 September 1998) was a Welsh Presbyterian missionary in Mizoram, India.[1] He was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Wales 1941, and followed in the tradition of his countryman in Mizoram David Evan Jones (missionary).[2] He was head of the team responsible for the Bible translation into the Mizo language in 1955.[3]
Publications
edit- Y Bannau Pell (1989) - a history of the Mizoram Presbyterian Church in Welsh, with English and Mizo translations
References
edit- ^ Lloyd, J. Meirion (1991). History of the church in Mizoram: harvest in the hills. Synod Publication Board. p. 180.
- ^ Vehicles of Grace and Hope: Welsh Missionaries in India 1800-1970 - Page 82 D. Ben Rees - 2002 "JONES, David Evan (1870-1947) A minister of religion, pioneer missionary and translator. ... Some five months after his arrival D. E. Jones established a school on the veranda of his small house within the Mission Veng or .."
- ^ The Independent Obituary 1998
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