John Cledan Mears (8 September 1922 – 13 July 2014) was the Anglican Bishop of Bangor from 1982 to 1992.BBC Wales

Mears was born on 8 September 1922. He was educated at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth.Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing () Ordained in 1947,Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 he began his ministry with curacies at Mostyn and Rhosllannerchrugog before being appointed Vicar of Cwm. From 1959 to 1973 he was a lecturer at Cardiff University after which he became the vicar of St Mark's Gabalfa, his last position before his ordination to the episcopate.Bangor Civic Society

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