St. Michael's College, Llandaff
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St. Michael's College is an Anglican Theological college in Llandaff
, Wales
. The college was founded in 1892, and has been situated at its present site in Llandaff since 1904. Among its many alumni is the poet R. S. Thomas
. The following people have been wardens:
Llandaff
Llandaff is a district in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales, having been incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of the Church in Wales Bishop of Llandaff, whose diocese covers the most populous area of South Wales. Much of the district is covered by parkland known as Llandaff...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. The college was founded in 1892, and has been situated at its present site in Llandaff since 1904. Among its many alumni is the poet R. S. Thomas
R. S. Thomas
Ronald Stuart Thomas was a Welsh poet and Anglican clergyman, noted for his nationalism, spirituality and deep dislike of the anglicisation of Wales...
. The following people have been wardens:
- Glyn SimonGlyn SimonWilliam Glyn Hughes Simon was the Anglican Archbishop of Wales from 1968 to 1971.Simon was born in Swansea, where his father was curate at St Gabriel's church. He was baptised by David Lewis Prosser, later to become the third Archbishop of Wales....
(later Bp. of Llandaff and Abp. of Wales) - Eryl Stephen Thomas (later Bp. of Monmouth, then Llandaff)
- Harold John CharlesHarold John CharlesHarold John Charles was an Anglican priest.Charles was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Keble College, Oxford. Ordained in 1938, he began his career with a curacy at Abergwili...
(later Bp. of St. Asaph) - O. G. Rees
- John Hughes (later Bp. of Kensington)
- John Rowlands
- John Holdsworth
- Peter Sedgwick
Notable former students
- Leonard HodgsonLeonard HodgsonLeonard Hodgson was an Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, historian of the early Church and Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford from 1944 to 1958.-Early life :...
- Alwyn Rice JonesAlwyn Rice JonesAlwyn Rice Jones was Bishop of St Asaph from 1982 to 1999 and also Archbishop of Wales, the Welsh province of the Anglican Communion, from 1991 to 1999...
(Bishop of St Asaph & Archbishop of Wales) - R. S. ThomasR. S. ThomasRonald Stuart Thomas was a Welsh poet and Anglican clergyman, noted for his nationalism, spirituality and deep dislike of the anglicisation of Wales...
(poet and priest) - John David Edward Davies (Bishop of Swansea and Brecon)
- Gregory Kenneth Cameron (Bishop of St Asaph)
- John Wyn EvansWyn EvansWyn Evans is the current Church in Wales Bishop of St David's.He was elected by the Electoral College of the Church in Wales on 1 September 2008. He was consecrated a bishop in a service at Llandaff Cathedral on 29 November 2008, and enthroned in St Davids Cathedral on 6 December 2008.Born in...
(Bishop of St David's) - Paul GrovesGregory CameronGregory Cameron is Bishop of the Diocese of St Asaph in Wales, having been elected on 5 January 2009 and confirmed as Bishop on 16 March 2009.-Life and career:...
(poet)