Bishop
Download: Bishop Cherry’s enthronement sermon (Word)
You can also watch the service https://youtu.be/hWgVXQXRSgI
Contact Details
Bishopstow, Stow Hill, Newport, NP20 4EA
Phone: 01633 263510
Email: bishop.monmouth@churchinwales.org.uk
Tuesday Reflection
Biography
Originally from Leicestershire, Cherry Vann has served as Archdeacon of Rochdale, in the Diocese of Manchester, for the past 11 years. She trained for ministry at Westcott House, Cambridge, and was ordained as a deacon in 1989. Among the first women to be ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1994, she has spent her entire ministry so far in the Diocese of Manchester, in Flixton, Bolton and Farnworth and latterly across Ashton, Oldham and Rochdale. She was also an honorary canon of Manchester Cathedral and a former chaplain to Deaf people.
Ms Vann has held senior posts in the governance of the Church of England. She has been Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of York and an ex-officio member of the Archbishops’ Council.
A talented pianist, Ms Vann is both an Associate of the Royal College of Music (ARCM) and a Graduate of the Royal Schools of Music. She was conductor of the Bolton Chamber Orchestra for more than 20 years
Previous Bishops
- 1921-1928 Charles Green
- 1928-1940 Gilbert Cunningham Joyce
- 1940-1945 Alfred Edwin Monahan
- 1945-1967 Alfred Edwin Morris
- 1968-1971 Eryl Stephen Thomas
- 1972-1986 Derrick Greenslade Childs
- 1986-1991 Royston Clifford Wright
- 1991-2002 Rowan Williams
- 2003-2013 Dominic Walker OGS
- 2013-2019 Richard Pain