The Right Reverend

Mary Stallard
Bishop of Llandaff
DioceseDiocese of Llandaff
In office2023–present
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Bangor (2018–2023)
Assistant Bishop of Bangor (2022–2023)
Orders
Ordination1993 (deacon)
1997 (priest)
by Rowan Williams
Consecration26 February 2022
by Andrew John
Personal details
Born
Mary Kathleen Rose Stallard

(1967-02-28) 28 February 1967 (age 57)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materSelwyn College, Cambridge, and The Queen's Foundation,

Mary Kathleen Rose Stallard (born 28 February 1967)[1] is an Anglican bishop serving as the Bishop of Llandaff;[2] she previously served as Archdeacon of Bangor and Assistant Bishop of Bangor.[3]

Early life and education

Stallard was born on 28 February 1967 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England.[4] Her father was a vicar and her mother a scientist.[5] She was educated at King Edward VI High School for Girls, an all-girls independent school in Birmingham.[4] She studied theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1988.[6][5] She worked as a high school religious education teacher,[7] and completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) teaching qualification with the London Institute of Education in 1990.[6]

Ordained ministry

From 1991 to 1993, she trained for ordained ministry at The Queen's Foundation, an ecumenical theological college in Birmingham.[6] She was made a deacon in the Church in Wales, at Petertide 1993 (26 June), by Rowan Williams, Bishop of Monmouth, at Newport Cathedral.[8] From 1993 to 1996, she served her curacy at St Matthew's Church, Newport in the Diocese of Monmouth.[6] Next, she was incumbent at Ysbyty Cynfyn, first as deacon-in-charge (1996–1997) and then as vicar (1997–2002).[6][5] She was ordained as a priest in 1997,[6] the first year the Church in Wales ordained women to the priesthood.[9] She was a Canon residentiary at St Asaph Cathedral from 2003 to 2011; and school chaplain at St Joseph's School, Wrexham from 2011 until 2018 and her appointment as Archdeacon.[10] She was collated archdeacon on 6 May 2018.[11]

Episcopal ministry

On 26 January 2022, it was announced that Stallard had been appointed Assistant Bishop of Bangor, to assist Andy John in his diocesan duties while he also serves as Archbishop of Wales;[12] she was consecrated a bishop by John on 26 February 2022 at Bangor Cathedral.[13] She remained Archdeacon of Bangor.[14][15]

On 19 January 2023, it was announced that Stallard had been elected that day by the Electoral College of the Church in Wales at Llandaff Cathedral to become the next diocesan Bishop of Llandaff. She legally took up her See (thereby ending her assistant bishop post and archdeaconry) as of the Sacred Synod to confirm her election;[2] which occurred on 19 April 2023 at Holy Trinity, Llandudno.[16]

References

  1. ^ Companies House
  2. ^ a b "New Bishop of Llandaff elected". Church in Wales. 19 January 2023. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Archdeaconry of Bangor". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Stallard, Mary Kathleen Rose". Who's Who 2023. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Assistant Bishop in Bangor". Church in Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Mary Kathleen Rose Stallard". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  7. ^ "The Church in Wales". International Anglican Women’s Network. Anglican Communion. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Petertide ordinations". Church Times. No. 6805. 16 July 1993. p. 5. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 5 August 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ^ "Church in Wales Celebrates Ten Years of Women Priests". Christian Today. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  10. ^ Diocese of Bangor
  11. ^ https://www.llandudno-parish.org.uk/wordpress/pdf/mag201806.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  12. ^ "Assistant Bishop of Bangor announced". Church in Wales. 26 January 2022. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  13. ^ "New bishops consecrated". Church in Wales. 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Assistant Bishop and Archdeacon of Bangor". Diocese of Bangor. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  15. ^ https://cadeirlanbangor.contentfiles.net/media/assets/file/Cysegru_26_Chwe_2022.pdf
  16. ^ "Governing Body meeting – April 19-20". Church in Wales. 5 April 2023. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
Church in Wales titles Preceded byPaul Davies Archdeacon of Bangor 2018–2023 TBA Preceded byJune Osborne Bishop of Llandaff 2023–present Incumbent
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