List of archdeacons in the Church in Wales

The archdeacons in the Church in Wales are senior Anglican clergy who serve under their dioceses' bishops, usually with responsibility for the area's church buildings and pastoral care for clergy.

Key
Active archdeacon Male archdeacon
Inactive archdeacon Female archdeacon
Position vacant &/or acting archdeacon

Archdeacons
Diocese Archdeacon Person Collated[N 1] Clergy Churches Population
Monmouth The Archdeacon of Monmouth Ambrose Mason[1] 2013 22 92 94,401
Monmouth The Archdeacon of Newport Jonathan Williams[1] 2012 19 41 219,061
Monmouth The Archdeacon of the Gwent Valleys Sue Pinnington[2] 2018 12 41 236,235
Llandaff The Archdeacon of Llandaff Peggy Jackson[3] 2009 55 102 598,508
Llandaff The Archdeacon of Margam Michael Komor[4] 2018 56 126 427,681
Swansea and Brecon The Archdeacon of Brecon Alan Jevons[1] 2013 28 125 69,695
Swansea and Brecon The Archdeacon of Gower Jonathan Davies[5] 2016 33 64 260,421
St Davids The Archdeacon of St Davids Paul Mackness[6] 2018 30 113 120,075
St Davids The Archdeacon of Cardigan William Strange[1] 2009 19 106 94,060
St Davids The Archdeacon of Carmarthen Dorrien Davies[7] 2017 27 98 173,415
Bangor The Archdeacon of Bangor Mary Stallard[8] 2018 12 42 94,685
Bangor The Archdeacon of Anglesey Andy Herrick[9] 2018 11 62 69,751
Bangor The Archdeacon of Merioneth Andrew Jones[1] 2010 16 66 68,874
St Asaph The Archdeacon of St Asaph Andy Grimwood 2018 35 82 210,003
St Asaph The Archdeacon of Montgomery Barry Wilson[10] 2018 14 62 65,297
St Asaph The Archdeacon of Wrexham John Lomas[11] 2018 31 68 236,200

Timeline of changes to and new archdeaconries
Year Events No. of archdeaconries at end of year
Ancient foundations (c. 1050-1250) Anglesey, Bangor and Merioneth in Bangor Diocese; Llandaff in Llandaff Diocese; St Asaph in St Asaph Diocese; Brecon, Cardigan, Carmarthen and St David's in St David's Diocese 9
1844 Monmouth created in Llandaff Diocese; Montgomery created in St Asaph Diocese; Anglesey (Bangor Diocese) discontinued; Bangor (Bangor Diocese) renamed Bangor & Anglesey 10
1890 Wrexham created in St Asaph Diocese 11
1921 Monmouth transferred from Llandaff to the new Monmouth Diocese
1923 Brecon transferred from St David's to the new Swansea & Brecon Diocese; Gower created in Swansea & Brecon Diocese 12
1930 Newport created in Monmouth Diocese 13
1948 Margam created in Llandaff Diocese 14
2002 Morgannwg created in Llandaff Diocese 15
2018 Gwent Valleys created in Monmouth Diocese; Anglesey (re-)created in Bangor Diocese; Bangor & Anglesey (Bangor Diocese) renamed Bangor 17
2020 Morgannwg (Llandaff Diocese) discontinued 16

Notes
  1. The date the person first became (was collated) an archdeacon.

References
  1. "The Church in Wales-Archdeacons". The Church in Wales. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. "Archdeaconry of the Gwent Valleys". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  3. "Llandaff Cathedral". Church in Wales. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  4. "Archdeaconry of Margam". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  5. "Archdeaconry of Gower". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  6. "Archdeaconry of St Davids". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  7. "Archdeaconry of Carmarthen". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  8. "Archdeaconry of Bangor". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  9. "Archdeaconry of Anglesey". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  10. "Archdeaconry of Montgomery". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  11. "Archdeaconry of St Asaph". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.