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Archbishop Cherry is happy to announce the appointment of Reverend Miles Pateman to the post of Ministry Area Leader in the Cwmbran Ministry Area.Miles is currently Vicar in the Port Talbot Ministry Area, where he has served since 2021. Archbishop Cherry says: “I am delighted that Miles will be joining the diocese as Ministry Area Leader of Cwmbran. He has the gifts, experience and spiritual maturity that will draw the MA together and lead them forward into a hopeful future. I very much look forward to welcoming him and to working alongside him.”Born in Nottingham, Miles first came to Wales to study at Swansea University. He trained for ordination at College of the Resurrection in Mirfield, West Yorkshire and, following completion of his curacy, moved back to Port Talbot.Alongside his parish ministry, Miles is also chaplain to the Sea Cadet Corps and Area Chaplain for the South West of the UK with the cadets. He hopes to be able to use his role to bring local uniformed youth organisations into the churches of Cwmbran for civic events.Miles is looking forward to his move to Cwmbran, with husband Kyle, Poppy the dog and Bean the hamster.He says: "We are both very excited about moving to Cwmbran. As we settle in, I’m sure you will see me pottering about Cwmbran, so please do come up and say 'hello'! And, if you see me out with Poppy, come and say 'hello' to her!"My prayer is that I can be a good Ministry Area Leader for you, someone radically in love with Cwmbran, the churches and congregations. Please do keep both me and Kyle in your prayers and be assured that I am praying for all of you."Biog:I’m Miles, born in Nottingham but grew up in the Cambridgeshire Fens and I’ve been going to church (and been in church choirs – mum and dad both sing) since before I could walk. My “home” church is St Giles, Tydd (pronounced: tid) St Giles and my family have been going there for the last 33 years or so. St Giles was an old-fashioned 1662 Prayer Book church and still retains a lot of its traditional worship alongside more contemporary forms. It was in Tydd that I was formed as a Christian and I treasure my Prayer Book heritage. Over the years I have worshipped in churches both higher and lower than Tydd, so I’m generally quite happy! Personally, I have a more catholic devotional life, but I promise you all that I will never be doctrinaire about it: we all develop our relationships with Jesus in different ways and that is something to delight in. I suppose you could call me an open Evangelical with a Catholic charism, if you want to put a label on it. Basically, I love God and want others to love him too without my getting in the way. I first came to Wales as a student to study German at Swansea University. I trained for ordination at the College of the Resurrection in Mirfield, West Yorkshire before starting my first curacy in Stanground on the edge of Peterborough (but in Ely Diocese). My second curacy was in Fulbourn and the Wilbrahams (a group of villages to the east of Cambridge).My curacy finished in 2021 which saw me move to Port Talbot to look after St Mary’s and Holy Trinity churches. When St Mary’s had to close due to the state of the building, I moved to take care of St Michael’s, Cwmafan and St Catherine’s, Baglan (still in the Port Talbot Ministry Area).In my free time, I try to get to the gym! I also am a complete nerd and enjoy collecting, painting and playing Warhammer tabletop games. I’m also an avid reader and a huge fan of the late Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels.