Readers will recall that the see of Bangor has been vacant since Bishop Andrew John retired at the end of August. Since then the Church in Wales’s Electoral College has met twice to discuss the election of the next bishop and to invite potential candidates to respond to the vacancy. However the College has decided not to proceed with this, but instead has proposed that an experienced bishop should be invited to Bangor on an interim basis, for a period of one to two years to provide leadership and stability and to work with the diocese to strengthen leadership, finance, governance and management in advance of the election of a new diocesan bishop.
This does require some time-limited changes to the Constitution, and the Governing Body will meet on Tuesday 25 November 2025 to discuss these proposed changes.
More details are in this press release, and the agenda and papers for the meeting are here.