Archbishop of Wales

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The Archbishop of Wales is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church in Wales, overseeing its spiritual direction and representing it within the wider Anglican Communion.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Archbishop of Wales canonical 7

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican episcopal title
ecclesiastical office
appointedBy House of Bishops
surface form: Bench of Bishops of the Church in Wales
appointedFrom diocesan bishops of the Church in Wales
communion Anglican Communion
country Wales
dateOfEstablishment 1920
denomination Church in Wales
establishedBy disestablishment of the Church in Wales
establishedIn 1920
firstHolder A. G. Edwards
hasAuthorityOver doctrine in the Church in Wales (collegially with other bishops)
liturgy in the Church in Wales (collegially with other bishops)
hasRank metropolitan archbishop
hasResidence within the diocese of the office-holder
jurisdiction Province of Wales
surface form: Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion
languageUsed English
Welsh
locatedIn Wales
memberOf Anglican Communion
officeHolderSelectionMethod election by the Bench of Bishops
oversees Diocese of Bangor
Diocese of Llandaff
Diocese of Monmouth
Diocese of St Asaph
Diocese of St Davids
Diocese of Swansea and Brecon
participatesIn Lambeth Conference
Anglican Communion Primates’ Meeting
surface form: Primates’ Meetings of the Anglican Communion
partOf Church in Wales
precededBy Archbishop of Canterbury in Wales (jurisdictional authority)
religion Anglicanism
represents Church in Wales
Church in Wales in the Anglican Communion
responsibleFor oversight of the bishops of the Church in Wales
presiding over the Bench of Bishops of the Church in Wales
presiding over the Governing Body of the Church in Wales
spiritual leadership of the Church in Wales
role metropolitan of the Church in Wales
principal leader of the Church in Wales
senior bishop of the Church in Wales
seat cathedral of the archbishop’s own diocese
style The Most Reverend
termLength serves while remaining a diocesan bishop
title Archbishop of Wales self-link

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rowan Williams positionHeld Archbishop of Wales
Church in Wales hasLeaderTitle Archbishop of Wales
Diocese of Llandaff hasMetropolitan Archbishop of Wales
Archbishop of Wales title Archbishop of Wales self-link
Province of Wales hasLeader Archbishop of Wales
Bishop of Monmouth subordinateTo Archbishop of Wales
Charles Green positionHeld Archbishop of Wales