Church in Wales

News from the Anglican Church in Wales, which includes the dioceses of Bangor, Llandaff, Monmouth, St Asaph, St Davids, and Swansea and Brecon. You can also find here full reports from the Governing Body of the Church in Wales, held every autumn.

For current vacancies in Wales visit: Church jobs in Wales 
  

Archbishop of Wales to retire in May

THE Archbishop of Wales, the Most Revd John Davies, is to retire in May after four years in post

08 Jan 2021

UK news in brief

York Minster silent on New Year’s Eve; Bishop John Waine dies, aged 90; Second phase of heritage funding announced; Pembrokeshire bell in memory of Agatha Christie

31 Dec 2020

Pope Francis and Archbishop Welby call for peace in South Sudan

A RARE joint letter from the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Revd Colin Sinclair, has urged the leaders of South Sudan to continue to seek peace

31 Dec 2020

People in Wales asked to sing ‘Silent Night’ on doorsteps on Christmas Eve

23 Dec 2020

Church in Wales issues draft Bill on same-sex blessings

18 Dec 2020

IICSA thanks witnesses as public hearings finish

18 Dec 2020

Covid restrictions fail to quench Church’s burst of Advent creativity

28 Nov 2020

UK news in brief

27 Nov 2020

Cathedrals and churches plan ‘alternative’ Christmas carol services and festivities

20 Nov 2020

Without more funds, ‘Tier 3 restrictions could backfire’, Bishop of Manchester warns

21 Oct 2020

Churches must challenge the systems that cultivate modern slavery, webinar in Wales hears

15 Oct 2020

Church of Ireland begins three-year mental-health programme

10 Oct 2020