The Most Reverend Barry Morgan,
Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Llandaff

Barry Morgan has been Bishop of Llandaff since 1999 and Archbishop of Wales since 2003 having previously served as Bishop of Bangor 1993-99.  Born in Neath, South Wales, he read history at London, Theology at Cambridge and trained for the ministry at Wescott House, Cambridge.  He studied for a doctorate whilst a university lecturer. He has worked in a range of ministerial contexts – in parish ministry, as a university and theological college lecturer and university chaplain, and as an archdeacon, director of ordinands and as a continuing ministerial education officer.  He has served on the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, and serves on the Primates Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion. He was a member of the Lambeth Commission which produced the Windsor Report 2004. He has published a number of articles and books, his latest being a study of the work of the welsh poet R. S. Thomas ‘Strangely Orthodox’.  He is also currently Pro-Chancellor of the University of Wales, a fellow of Cardiff, UWIC, Bangor and Lampeter and President of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs and has just chaired an inquiry on behalf of Shelter Cymru on homelessness in Wales.  He enjoys playing golf and reading novels as recreational activities.

The Right Reverend John Stewart Davies,
Bishop of St Asaph

Bishop John was born and brought up in the Diocese of St Asaph, he has a background in Journalism and worked for a time in Africa in this connection.  He has a degree from the University of Wales Bangor and a research degree from the University of Cambridge where he was a member of Queen’s college. He undertook further theological training for ministry at Westcott House, Cambridge.  He was ordained deacon in 1974, priested in 1975 and made bishop in1999.  During his ministry he has worked in a wide variety of parishes including Hawarden, Rhosymedre, Mold and Llandyrnog.  He has been a tutor at St Deiniol’s Library.  He has had an active commitment to developing the skills and learning of others and has been Diocesan Warden of Ordinands, Director of the Ministerial Training course and Chairman of the Provincial Selection panel.  Bishop John served as a canon of the cathedral and was archdeacon of St Asaph from 1991-1999.  Since his consecration as Bishop he has contributed extensively to the work of communication in the Church in Wales and he currently has responsibility for education and church schools.  Bishop John has contributed to the Bible reading fellowship study notes series ‘Awake to the Word’ and recently he contributed a chapter on Ethnicity and Diversity to the publication ‘Changing Rural Life’ published by Canterbury Press.

John and his wife Joan live in St Asaph, they have two grown up sons and are delighted to be the grandparents of two little girls.

The Right Reverend Dominic Walker OGS,
Bishop of Monmouth

Bishop Dominic was born on 28th June 1948 in Plymouth, Devon to a Welsh mother and an English father. He was educated at Plymouth College, King’s College London (AKC), Heythrop College London (MA) and Cardiff University (LL.M). He has an hon. Doctorate (D.Litt) from the University of Brighton and is a governor of the University of Wales, Newport.

He belongs to the Oratory of the Good Shepherd and was the Superior from 1990-96. He was ordained in Southwark Cathedral - as deacon and priest in 1972 and bishop in 1997. He served as chaplain to the Bishop of Southwark and then as a parish priest at the Elephant & Castle, London and in Brighton where as Vicar of Brighton he was a Team Rector and Rural Dean. On 1st May 1997 he was consecrated as Area Bishop of Reading until he became Bishop of Monmouth in March, 2003. He is the ‘ministry bishop’ for the Church in Wales.

Bishop Dominic has an interest in the ministry of healing and deliverance, animal welfare (he is a Vice President of the RSPCA) and the consecrated life.

The Right Reverend John Davies,
Bishop of Swansea and Brecon

Bishop John was born at Newport (Mon) in 1953. Educated at Bassaleg Grammar School, he graduated in law from the University of Southampton in 1974. From Southampton he moved on to the College of Law at Chester and was admitted as a solicitor in 1977, specialising in criminal law.

Bishop John left law to enter the ministry and was ordained in 1984. He served in a variety of parishes in the Diocese of Monmouth before being appointed Dean of Brecon. During eight years in that role, he oversaw significant improvements to the fabric and liturgy of the Cathedral. He was elected as the ninth Bishop of Swansea and Brecon in 2008.

Bishop John has retained a keen interest in issues of crime and punishment, with a particular concern about the nature of criminality and the effects of poor social and educational standards on those who end up as crime statistics. Having served as the chairman of the trustees of a large hospice in Newport, he also has a deep concern for the just provision of healthcare.

As a former church chorister, organist and choirmaster, Bishop John has a passionate interest in church music, seeing it as an important aspect of worship.

He also enjoys watching cricket and rugby, playing golf, cooking and walking. He is married to Jo, a Senior Intensive Care Staff Nurse at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, and they have two children, Kate and Christopher.

The Right Reverend David Yeoman,
Assistant Bishop of Llandaff

David Yeoman was born in Pontypridd in 1944, but was brought up in the village of Tonyrefail. On leaving school, he spent three years working in the Education department of what was then Glamorgan County Council. He graduated in Theology at the University of Wales Cardiff and gained his Ph.D at the same University, in 2004, the year in which he was ordained Bishop. He currently serves as Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Llandaff.

Bishop David has spent his entire ministry in the Diocese of Llandaff, having been ordained Deacon in 1970 and Priest in 1971. He served curacies in the parishes of Central Cardiff and Caerphilly and was appointed to incumbencies in the Rhondda and Cynon valleys, before becoming Rector of Bridgend in 1996. Throughout his years in Parish ministry, he also served as Chaplain in a variety of hospital settings and he retains a strong interest in the spiritual aspects of health and healing and the pastoral care of the dying.

During his ministry in Llandaff, he has served as Children’s Officer, Tutor in Spirituality on the Non Stipendiary Ministry Course and Continuing Ministerial Education Officer. Between 1995 and 1999, he visited South Africa and Lesotho on a number of occasions, teaching and assisting clergy and Church workers to develop a greater awareness of the many pastoral issues surrounding AIDS and helping them to develop their own resources to deal with it. He has co-authored a book on HIV/AIDS and has contributed to a book on Sexuality and Spirituality published by Cardiff Academic Press.

His interests include reading, opera, most aspects of the Theatre, and photography. He also has a passion for cricket, rugby, soccer and tennis, having played each of them at competitive level. He is married with two children and two grandchildren and delights in the times he is able to spend with them.