Jo Penberthy

The Right Reverend Jo Penberthy
Bishop of St David's
Church	Church in Wales
Diocese	Diocese of St David's
In office	30 November 2016 – present
Other posts	Rector of Glan Ithon (September 2015 – November 2016)
Orders
Ordination	1984 (deaconess) 1987 (deacon) 1997 (priest)
Consecration	21 January 2017 by Barry Morgan
Personal details
Birth name	Joanna Susan Penberthy
Born	1960 (age 56–57)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Adrian Legg
Children	Four
Alma mater	Newnham College, Cambridge St John's College, Nottingham Cranmer Hall, Durham

Joanna Susan "Jo" Penberthy (born 1960) is a British Anglican bishop. Since the confirmation on 30 November 2016 of her election, she has been the Bishop of St David's, and the first woman to become a bishop in the Church in Wales. She was consecrated a bishop on 21 January 2017 and was enthroned at St David's Cathedral on 11 February 2017. Previously, she had been, since September 2015, Rector of the Benefice of Glan Ithon, comprising Llandrindod Wells and surrounding villages, in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.

She has ministered in the Church of England and the Church in Wales: she has served as a deaconess in the Diocese of Durham and the Diocese of Llandaff, as a deacon in the Diocese of Llandaff, the Diocese of St Asaph, and the Diocese of St David's, and as a priest in the Diocese of St David's, the Diocese of Bath and Wells, and the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.

Penberthy was born in 1960 in Swansea, Wales. She was brought up in Cardiff, and was educated in the city at Cardiff High School, a comprehensive school. She studied at Newnham College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1981; as per tradition, her BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab) degree in 1985. In 1983, she entered Cranmer Hall, Durham, an Evangelical Anglican theological college, to train for ministry. During this time, she also studied for a Master of Theology (MTh) degree, which she completed in 1984.