Leadership & Governance

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 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.

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 Lawley

Download the Articles of Association of the Llandaff Board of Finance.

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.

Churches & Pastoral Committee 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.

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.