NEWS
From Wrexham to Brecon
The Very Revd Geoffrey Marshall was collated and installed as Dean of Brecon Cathedral on Saturday 13th September.
He moved to Brecon from Wrexham, where he had been Rector since 2002. He was also a Cursal Canon of St Asaph Cathedral. Dean Geoffrey was ordained in 1973; he served at Waltham Cross, Digswell and Belper before spending seven years as Vicar of Spondon near Derby. In that diocese he served as Rural Dean and Diocesan Director of Ordinands before becoming Canon Residentiary and Sub Dean of Derby Cathedral.
During the service Dean Geoffrey told the congregation of 500 that he hoped that the Cathedral would be a place where visitors became pilgrims and pilgrims became disciples. He paid tribute to his predecessor – now Bishop of Swansea & Brecon - under whose direction the Cathedral had been renovated, so that its condition was better now than it had been for many, many decades. Dean Geoffrey said part of his job would be to untidy it!
The new Dean is pictured after the service with Hannah Owen, daughter of the Revd Gary Owen, Team Vicar in Wrexham. More pictures...
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