Nigel Williams (priest)

Nigel Howard Williams is the current dean of St Asaph.[1]

Williams was born in St Asaph[2] in 1963,[3] and educated at Llysfasi College, the University of Wales Cardiff and St Michael's College, Llandaff. After working as depot manager at a farming supplies company,[4] he was made deacon at Petertide 1995 (24 June)[5] and ordained priest the following Petertide (29 June 1996) — both times by Alwyn Rice Jones, Bishop of St Asaph and Archbishop of Wales, at St Asaph Cathedral.[6] He was priest in charge of Llanrwst then vicar of Colwyn Bay. He was also area dean of Rhos from 2004 to 2009. He was installed as Dean of St Asaph on 17 September 2011.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ Church in Wales
  2. ^ "Williams, Very Rev. Nigel Howard", 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 6 March 2015
  3. ^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 2008/9) p 894 ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
  4. ^ Wynnstay
  5. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 6911. 28 July 1995. p. 6. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 August 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 6960. 5 July 1996. p. 18. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 August 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ "Elwy Mission Area Team". Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of St Asaph
2011–present
Incumbent