Bishop of Bangor

The Right Reverend Dr Manon Ceridwen James

Bishop Manon Ceridwen James was elected Bishop of Bangor on 6 July 2026.

Bishop Manon was brought up in Nefyn, on the Llŷn peninsula, and was ordained deacon in 1994 in Bangor Cathedral before being amongst the first women to be ordained priest in the diocese in 1997. She has served as a parish priest in both Bangor and St Asaph dioceses as well as holding a variety of diocesan roles in training, education and vocations, the last of which was as Director of Ministry.

From 2018 to 2025 Bishop Manon was the Dean for Initial Ministerial Training at the St Padarn’s Institute in Cardiff. In her free time, Bishop Manon enjoys writing poetry and going to Wrexham and Wales football matches as well as comedy events with her husband, Dylan who is Group Financial Controller of Bangor University. Bishop Manon has a degree in Theology from Cambridge University and a PhD in Practical Theology from the University of Birmingham. Amongst her publications are a book based on her PhD research, Women, Identity and Religion in Wales and a poetry collection - Notes from a Eucharistic Life. Several of her school assemblies have also been published by SPCK.