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Inactive archdeacon | Female archdeacon | ||
Position vacant &/or acting archdeacon |
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.
Diocese | Archdeacon | Person | Date of birth & age | Collated[N 1] | Clergy | Churches | Population |
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Monmouth | The Archdeacon of Newport | Jonathan Williams[1] | 1960 (age 63–64) | 9 September 2012[2] | 19 | 41 | 219,061 |
Swansea and Brecon | The Archdeacon of Brecon | Alan Jevons[1] | 1956 (age 67–68) | 17 February 2013[3] | 28 | 125 | 69,695 |
Swansea and Brecon | The Archdeacon of Gower | Jonathan Davies[4] | 14 September 1969 | 25 September 2016[5] | 33 | 64 | 260,421 |
St Davids | The Archdeacon of St Davids | Paul Mackness[6] | 1973 (age 50–51) | 22 March 2018[7] | 30 | 113 | 120,075 |
St Davids | The Archdeacon for New Church Communities | Mones Farah | 1964 (age 59–60) | 12 August 2018[8] | |||
Llandaff | The Archdeacon of Margam | Michael Komor[9] | 1960 (age 63–64) | 27 September 2018[10] | 56 | 126 | 427,681 |
St Asaph | The Archdeacon of St Asaph | Andy Grimwood | 1968 (age 55–56) | 7 October 2018[11] | 35 | 82 | 210,003 |
St Asaph | The Archdeacon of Montgomery | Barry Wilson[12] | 1958 (age 65–66)[13] | 7 October 2018[11] | 14 | 62 | 65,297 |
St Davids | The Archdeacon of Cardigan | Eileen Davies | 1964 (age 59–60)[14] | 20 June 2019[15] | 19 | 106 | 94,060 |
Monmouth | The Archdeacon of Monmouth | Ian Rees[16] | 1966 (age 57–58)[17] | 20 June 2021[18][19] | 22 | 92 | 94,401 |
Llandaff | The Archdeacon of Llandaff | Rod Green[20] | 1974 (age 49–50) | 5 September 2021[21] | 55 | 102 | 598,508 |
Monmouth | The Archdeacon of the Gwent Valleys | Stella Bailey[22] | 1976 (age 47–48)[23] | 19 June 2022[24] | 12 | 41 | 236,235 |
Bangor | The Archdeacon of Anglesey | John Harvey | 1965 (age 58–59) | 1 October 2022[25] | 11 | 62 | 69,751 |
Swansea and Brecon | The Archdeacon with responsibility for Ministry Areas | Peter Brooks | 1955 (age 68–69) | 17 December 2022[26][27] | |||
St Asaph | The Archdeacon of Wrexham | Hayley Matthews | 1968 (age 55–56) | 5 March 2023[28] | 44 | 61 | 236,200 |
Bangor | The Archdeacon of Bangor | David Parry[29] | 1962 (age 61–62) | 1 October 2023[30] | 12 | 42 | 94,685 |
Bangor | The Archdeacon of Meirionnydd | Robert Townsend[29] | 1968 (age 55–56) | 1 October 2023[30] | 16 | 66 | 68,874 |
St Davids | Archdeacon-designate of Carmarthen | Matthew Hill | 1971 (age 52–53)[31] | [32] | "February" 2024 (announced)27 | 98 | 173,415 |
Year | Events | No. of archdeaconries at end of year |
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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 Davids in St Davids 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 Davids 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 |
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tonight sees the collation and installation of Canon Eileen Davies as Archdeacon of Cardigan