enthroned predecessor religion consecration title nationality article_title birth_date spouse province image ordination diocese name type
6 december 2008 carl cooper church in wales 29 november 2008 bishop of st david 's british wyn evans
 4 october 1946 diane wales wyn evans 146287.jpg 1972 st david 's j. wyn evans bishop
wyn evans

j. wyn evans -lrb- born 1947 -rrb- is the current church in wales bishop of st david 's .
born into a clerical family -lrb- his father served as archdeacon of cardigan -rrb- in 1946 , he studied archaeology at cardiff university and was ordained in 1972 .
he was a minor canon at st david 's cathedral then diocesan archivist until 1982 .
he was diocesan director of education from then until 1992 .
since then he has been successively canon , dean and now bishop .
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 .
he is credited with extensive knowledge of the history of his cathedral -lrb- ` pevsner ' , ` pembrokeshire ' -rrb- .
he is also the patron of the order of st david and st non as the lord bishop of st david 's .
