Dr Barry Morgan
Dr Barry Morgan is currently Bishop of Llandaff and Archbishop of Wales, but previously served as Bishop of Bangor between 1993 and 1999. Born in the village of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, near Neath in 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.
