John Davies (archbishop of Wales)

John David Edward Davies KStJ (born 6 February 1953) is a retired Welsh Anglican bishop and former solicitor.

On 6 September 2017, he was also elected Archbishop of Wales; he continued in his role as diocesan bishop.

[4] He then practised law in a private practice until leaving the profession to enter the church.

[3][6] From 1984 to 1986. he served his curacy at St Mary's Church, Chepstow in the Diocese of Monmouth.

[7] On 2 May 2008, he was consecrated as a bishop by Barry Morgan, the archbishop of Wales, during a service at Llandaff Cathedral.

[14][15][16] He retired both as Bishop of Swansea and Brecon and as Archbishop of Wales with effect from 2 May 2021.

[17] In 1986, Davies married Joanna Lucy "Jo" Aulton; she works as a nurse in the NHS.