Gerwyn Capon

Gerwyn Huw Capon (born 9 April 1965)[1] is a Welsh Anglican priest serving as Archdeacon of Montgomery in the Church in Wales Diocese of St Asaph.[2] He was Dean of Llandaff from 2014 until 2022.[3]

Capon was educated at Liverpool Polytechnic and St Stephen's House, Oxford; and ordained in 2004.[4] After a curacy at St Mary's Church, West Derby, Liverpool, he was Chaplain to the Archbishop of Wales from 2007 to 2009. He was Priest in charge of Holy Trinity, Bolton-le-Sands from 2009 to 2012 and again Archbishop's Chaplain from 2012 until his appointment as Dean.[1] He was installed as Dean on 28 February 2014.[5] He announced his resignation on 17 May 2022,[6] following his withdrawal of the allegation of bullying which he had made against the Bishop of Llandaff, June Osborne.[7][8]

On 31 January 2023 he was installed as the Rector for the Benefice of Thaxted, the Sampfords, Radwinter and Hempstead.[9] in rural Essex. He was collated Archdeacon of Montgomery on 1 September 2024.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b ‘CAPON, Very Rev. Gerwyn Huw’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, Nov 2014 accessed 3 Oct 2015
  2. ^ a b "New Archdeacon of Montgomery announced". Diocese of St Asaph. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ BBC Wales
  4. ^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 2008/9), p. 129 ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  5. ^ "Gerwyn Capon appointed Llandaff Cathedral's new dean". BBC News. 2 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Dean of Llandaff announces his resignation". Diocese of Llandaff, Church in Wales. 17 May 2022. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Disciplinary action against the Bishop of Llandaff is dismissed". Church in Wales. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  8. ^ "In the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Church in Wales, In the Matter of the Bishop of Llandaff" (PDF). Disciplinary Tribunal of the Church in Wales. 25 April 2022. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  9. ^ "New rector welcomed for Thaxted and villages". Saffron Walden Reporter. 2 February 2023. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
Church in Wales titles
Preceded by Dean of Llandaff
2014–2022 		Succeeded by


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