Wyn Evans

Who is Wyn Evans?

J. Wyn Evans is the current Church in Wales Bishop of St David's.

He was elected by the Electoral College of the Church in Wales on 1 September 2008. He was consecrated a bishop in a service at Llandaff Cathedral on 29 November 2008, and enthroned in St Davids Cathedral on 6 December 2008. He is credited with extensive knowledge of the history of his cathedral.

Born into a clerical family in 1946, he studied archaeology at Cardiff University and was ordained in 1972. He was a Minor Canon at St David's Cathedral then Diocesan Archivist until 1982. He was Diocesan Director of Education from then until 1992. Since then he has been successively Canon, Dean and now Bishop.