The Bishop of Monmouth, Cherry Vann, has been elected as the brand new archbishop of Wales, changing into the UK’s first feminine archbishop and first LGBTQ+ chief within the church in Wales in a symbolic break with current safeguarding scandals.
Vann, 66, was chosen on Wednesday after an electoral school made up of clergy and laypersons met for 2 days of deliberations at St Pierre church close to Chepstow.
Andy John, the previous archbishop, introduced in June that he was standing down with fast impact after requires his resignation gathered tempo following inside reviews revealing a tradition of extreme ingesting, bullying and sexual misconduct at Bangor Cathedral.
There isn’t a suggestion that John, who turned archbishop in 2021, behaved inappropriately.
Final month, he issued an “unreserved and unequivocal” private apology relating to “the situation”, saying he took full accountability for failings beneath his management. “I repent and offer no excuses nor justifications,” he stated.
Vann turned a bishop within the church in Wales in 2020, following 11 years as archdeacon of Rochdale within the diocese of Manchester. In 1994, she was the primary girl within the church of England to be ordained as a priest.
Her biography describes her as residing along with her civil companion, Wendy, and their two canines.
