Barry Morgan
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The Right Reverend Barry Morgan |
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| Bishop | |
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| Church | Church in Wales |
| In office | May 2003 to January 2017 |
| Predecessor | Rowan Williams |
| Successor | Yet to be elected |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1972 (deacon) 1973 (priest) |
| Consecration | 9 January 1993 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Barry Cennydd Morgan |
| Born |
31 January 1947 Neath, West Glamorgan, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Alma mater | |
Barry Cennydd Morgan (born 31 January 1947) is a Welsh Anglican bishop and academic. From 2003- Jan 2017, he had been the Archbishop of Wales and was therefore was both Primate and Metropolitan of the Church in Wales. He was the Bishop of Bangor from 1992 to 1999, and he has been the Bishop of Llandaff from 1999 until his retirement in January 2017. He was the longest serving archbishop in the entire Anglican Communion. On 23 August 2016, the Church in Wales announced that Morgan would retire on 31 January 2017.
Morgan was born on 31 January 1947 in Neath, Wales. He studied history at University College, London, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1969. In 1970, he entered Westcott House, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college in the Liberal Catholic tradition, to train for ordination. During this time, he also studied theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and graduated from the University of Cambridge with BA degree in 1972; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab) degree in 1974. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the University of Wales in 1986.
Morgan was ordained in the Church in Wales as a deacon in 1972 and as a priest in 1973. He was a curate in the parish of St Andrews Major with Michaelston-le-Pit. He then moved to become chaplain and lecturer at St Michael's College and the University of Wales in Cardiff. Subsequent appointments include warden of the Church Hostel Bangor; chaplain and lecturer in theology at the University of Wales Bangor; Director of Ordinands and in-service training advisor in the Diocese of Bangor; and Rector of Wrexham. From 1986 to 1993 he was Archdeacon of Merioneth.
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