The Parish Church, St Mary’s Church (Cefn) and the St Asaph Cathedral make up the Elwy Mission Area; and as with other mission areas this has created not only a shared team of ministers, clerical and lay, but has provided opportunities to work together in shared efforts, determination and vision, and most importantly to take forward God’s mission. To allow us to tirelessly proceed in our mission let us truly abide with the expression that Jesus used in Matthew 10.8 – ‘Freely you have received; freely give’.
St Asaph Parish Church:
The Reverend Canon Rex Matthias
In May 2015, after three years as Vicar of Mold, the Reverend Rex Matthias moved to St Asaph to serve as Canon Precentor in the Cathedral and Vicar in the parish.
Following his ordination in 1994 Rex served as Curate of Llandrillo yn Rhos and then as Rector of Petryal and Betws yn Rhos before moving to South Wales as Priest-in-Charge of St Julian’s Church, Newport. He returned to the diocese in 2012 to be Vicar of Mold before joining us here at St Asaph and as the Canon Precentor of the Cathedral and Vicar of the Parish Church.
The Very Reverend Nigel H. Williams
The Very Revd Nigel Williams was installed as Dean of St Asaph Cathedral on Saturday 17 September 2011.
A fluent Welsh speaker, Nigel was born in St Asaph and brought up in Llansannan before training for the priesthood at St Michael’s College, Llandaff and the University of Wales, Cardiff.
He was ordained in St Asaph Cathedral in the mid 1990s and prior to his ministry in Colwyn Bay served in the parishes of Denbigh and Nantglyn, and Llanrwst and Llanddoged. Between 2004 and 2009 he served as Area Dean of Rhos. Nigel is the Elwy Mission Area Leader.
The Reverend Canon Michael Balkwill
The Revd Canon Michael Balkwill was ordained in St Asaph Cathedral in 1991. Having had a distinguished parish ministry in the diocese whilst serving for 14 years in Montgomeryshire, including as Area Dean of Llanfyllin, Michael returned to St Asaph in 2011 to take up the post of Bishop’s Chaplain. Michael is part of the team that leads Sunday Worship in the churches of the Mission Area.
CHURCHWARDEN
Duncan Cameron Contact: 01745 583770