Francis James Saunders Davies (30 December 1937 – 30 March 2018) was the Anglican Bishop of Bangor from 2000 until 2004.^[1]

Davies was educated at the University College of North Wales and Selwyn College, Cambridge.^[2] Ordained in 1964,^[3] he began his ministry as a curate at Holyhead before being appointed a minor canon of Bangor Cathedral. From 1969 to 1975 he was Rector at Llanllyfni, Canon Missioner of Bangor until 1979 then Vicar of Gorseinon and rural dean from 1983. He was Vicar of Eglwys Dewi Sant Caerdydd (Cardiff) between 1986 and 1993. He became the Archdeacon of Meirionnydd in 1993 before his ordination to the episcopate in January 2000. He retired in 2004 and died on 30 March 2018.^[4]

References

^ Announces resignation Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 9780715110300)
^ Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
^ Tributes paid to Bishop Saunders Davies

Church in Wales titles Preceded byBarry Morgan Bishop of Bangor 2000–2004 Succeeded byAnthony Crockett

v t e Bishops of Bangor
Early & High Medieval	Deiniol Elfodd Mordaf Dyfan Revedun Hervey le Breton David the Scot Meurig Arthur of Bardsey Gwion Rotoland Alan Robert of Shrewsbury Cadwgan of Llandyfai Hywel ap Ednyfed Richard Anian
Late Medieval	Gruffydd ap Iorwerth Einion Sais Matthew de Englefeld Ithel ap Robert Thomas de Ringstead Alexander Dalby Gervase de Castro Hywel ab Goronwy John Gilbert Geoffrey Herdeby John Swaffham Lewis Aber Richard Young Lewis Byford Gruffydd Young Benedict Nichols William Barrow John Clederowe Thomas Cheriton John Stanberry James Blakedon Richard Edenham Henry Deane Thomas Pigot John Penny Thomas Skevington John Capon John Bird
Early modern	Arthur Bulkeley William Glyn Maurice Clenock Rowland Meyrick Nicholas Robinson Hugh Bellot Richard Vaughan Henry Rowlands Lewis Bayly David Dolben Edmund Griffith William Roberts Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) William Roberts Robert Price Robert Morgan Humphrey Lloyd Humphrey Humphreys John Evans Benjamin Hoadly Richard Reynolds William Baker Thomas Sherlock Charles Cecil Thomas Herring Matthew Hutton Zachary Pearce John Egerton John Ewer John Moore John Warren William Cleaver John Randolph Henry Majendie Christopher Bethell James Colquhoun Campbell Daniel Lewis Lloyd Watkin Williams
Church in Wales	Watkin Williams Daniel Davies Charles Green (Archbishop of Wales) David Edwardes Davies John Jones Gwilym Williams (Archbishop of Wales) Cledan Mears Barry Morgan Saunders Davies Anthony Crockett Andy John (Archbishop of Wales)