Llewellyn Jones was born in Liverpool, England 11 Oct 1840. Mr Jones graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge and studied theology at Wells Theological College. After being ordained he was curate at Broomsgrove for 10 years. He then became rector of Little Hereford where he was when the call came for him to become the fourth Bishop of Newfoundland. He was consecrated May 1, 1878 in St Paul’s Cathedral, London by Dr. Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop Jackson of London and Bishop Atlay of Hereford.
Within 15 months of his arrival in St John’s 4 June 1878, Bishop Jones had visited almost corner of the diocese, making extensive use of the church ship Lavrock. In 1881 he married the daughter of the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. He continued the construction of the cathedral in St John’s, begun by Bishop Feild, completing the transept and tower in 1885 but further work was suspended because of a lack of funds within the diocese. Newfoundland was almost entirely a mission diocese with 39 of the 55 clergymen being supported by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in England.
On July 8, 1892 a great fire swept St John’s, 10,000 were left homeless, including the bishop and 5 clergy, and the cathedral roof, floor and windows were destroyed. The S.P.G. provided some funds for rebuilding but in 1894 the colony of Newfoundland suffered a complete financial collapse and the S.P.G. provided more funds.
Bishop Llewellyn Jones resigned in 1917 and died the following year.