Governance
Diocesan Conference
Diocesan Conference is the governing body of the Diocese of Llandaff. It meets annually (September) and includes a full day conference where our strategic decisions are made. Each Ministry Area is represented at the conference and they are responsible for representing the views of their Ministry Area and reporting back to their congregations. All members have voting rights.Go to our Diocesan Conference page for more information.
Standing Committee
Standing Committee is the executive committee of the Diocesan Conference. It meets four times a year to debate and vote on matters of diocesan policy, strategy and structure, and to authorise action of decisions taken at Diocesan Conference. Each Deanery Conference elects to Diocesan Standing Committee one lay member and one clerical member from the Members of Diocesan Conference. There are also ex-officio members as determined by the Constitution of the Church in Wales.Currently the members of the Diocesan Standing Committee are:Rev'd Emma AcklandThe Very Rev'd Jason BrayJen DenhamMatthew DixonFr Matthew GibbonThe Venerable Rhod GreenRev'd Andrew JamesMichael LawleyHarriet MorganTony MullinsRev'd Edward OwenRev'd Miles PatemanRev'd Roger PitmanThe Venerable Mark PreeceMoira Randall M.B.E.Rev'd Emma Rees-KennyThe Venerable Anne-Marie RenshawSue RiversThe Rt Rev'd Mary StallardKevin Staveley B.E.M.If you wish to contact the DSC please make the Diocesan Office your first point of contact.The Standing Committee is serviced by the Diocesan Secretary and other staff or visitors may attend by invitation to speak on specific matters2025-6-19 DSC MinutesDSC Minutes 2025-3-20
Diocesan Board of Finance (DBF)
The DBF is the legal body which cares for the property and finance of the diocese. It is the employer of diocesan staff and the legal body responsible for the administration of diocesan properties and trusts. The DBF is accountable to the Diocesan Conference via its Standing Committee, and the Charities Commission. Membership of the DBF is made up of ex-officio members, elected members (one cleric and two lay from each archdeaconry) and up to six co-opted lay members all of whom must be on the electoral roll of their parish. Members are elected onto the DBF by Members of the Diocesan Conference.Chair: Michael LawleyDownload theARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE LLANDAFF DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC)
Members of DAC are responsible for advising the Chancellor of the Diocese on faculty applications, submitted by Ministry Area’s seeking permission to change or repair church buildings. DAC includes members with expertise in areas relating to church buildings, such as architecture, organs, archaeology, etc.Read more about DAC our Church Buildings section.
Diocesan Property Group
The Diocesan Property Group cares for or gives advice and support to Ministry Areas about church buildings and property in Llandaff. This includes a team responsible for purchasing, selling, maintaining and improving vicarages so that our clergy are accommodated comfortably, support for MAs about church halls and our education team about church schools, and a church buildings team to help MAs with caring for church buildings, churchyards and places of worship. This Group incorporates two bodies set up by the Church in Wales Constitution: the Parsonage Board, which is a joint body between the DBF and the Representative Body of the Church in Wales which owns the houses; and the Churches & Pastoral Committee or Diocesan Churches Committee, which is responsible for reviewing the pastoral need for church buildings, administering the scheme for the quinquennial inspection of Churches, advising the DBF on grants/loans related to church buildings and considering matters referred by the DAC.Currently the members of the Diocesan Property Group are:Rev'd Emma AcklandRev'd Michael GableThe Venerable Rhod GreenRory JacksonDominic JewelDavid-Lloyd JonesSean JonesMike Jones-PritchardJames LaingMichael LawleyHarriet MorganThe Venerable Mark PreeceThe Venerable Anne-Marie RenshawThe Property Group is serviced by the following members of staff:Deborah Board (Parsonage Board)Paul Cascarini (Church Buildings Team)Lynsey Creed (Parsonage Board)Alex Glanville (Parsonage Board, Representative Body)Rory Jackson (Parsonage Board, Representative Body)Sean Jones (Church Buildings Team)James Laing (Diocesan Secretary)Tim Sanger (Parsonage Board)Shantelle Wilkins (Finance)If you wish to contact the Property Group please make the Diocesan Office your first point of contact.
Electoral College
The Electoral College is the Church in Wales body which elects the diocesan bishops and the Archbishop of Wales. When an episcopal vacancy arises the Electoral College is convened shortly afterwards in order to elect the next bishop. The Electoral College is made up of electors from all dioceses with each diocese being represented by its bishop and lay and clerical representatives – bishops, and the Archbishop, are therefore elected by the whole province and not just by the diocese that is vacant.The Electoral College is held in the diocese that is vacant, usually in the cathedral. The vacant diocese is represented by six lay electors and six clerical electors: each of the other five dioceses are represented by three lay electors and three clerical electors, plus the diocesan bishop. Electoral College meetings may last for up to three consecutive days, but will conclude whenever an election is made, which may be at any point within the three days of the meeting.The Electoral College to elect the Archbishop of Wales follows very much the same format as the election of a diocesan bishop, except that all dioceses are equally represented with three lay electors and three clerical electors, plus the six bishops. The archiepiscopal Electoral College takes place in Holy Trinity church, Llandrindod Wells. It also may last for up to three consecutive days.Currently the members of the Electoral College are:Clerics Elected:The Venerable Mark PreeceThe Very Reverend Jason BrayThe Reverend Zoe KingThe Reverend Canon Ian YemmThe Reverend Edward OwenThe Reverend Ben AndrewsClerical supplementary list (in order of votes cast):The Reverend Andrew JamesThe Reverend Rob McDonaldLay elected:Moira Randall, MBEDr Heather PayneMichael LawleySusan RiversIf you wish to contact the Electoral College please make the Diocesan Office your first point of contact.