New vicar for Garth Ministry Area

A new vicar with a passion for music and liturgy has been appointed Vicar in the Garth Ministry Area. Rev’d Ian Yemm, currently Assistant Curate in the Cowbridge Ministry Area, will join the Garth Ministry Area later this year.

Rev'd Ian Yemm, who is married Bernhard, an NHS doctor, says, "I am so excited about this new appointment and really look forward to getting started. The communities of Radyr and Danescourt are well established and the churches strive to be alive and active and at the heart of things.

"The ambitious development of Cardiff's new garden city at Plasdŵr will bring both challenge and opportunity in equal measure to the Garth Ministry Area. I am very privileged to be joining an experienced and enthusiastic team of ordained and lay leaders as we look to the future together and engage with new families making their home among us.

"Put simply, I am most looking forward to being among the whole people of God as we deepen our bonds across the Garth Ministry Area and faithfully emerge from the pandemic with hope in our hearts, ready to tell a joyful story."

The Venerable Rod Green, Archdeacon of Llandaff, welcomes Ian's appointments, saying, "Ian is a deeply spiritual person with a passion for music and liturgy. I know his nurture and care will help the congregations in the Garth Ministry Area thrive and grow in the years ahead."

More about Ian

Ian grew up in Herefordshire and Shropshire. He is married to Bernhard, a doctor working in the NHS for the last twenty years. Ian trained for ministry in the Church in Wales at the St Padarn’s Institute in Llandaff and has served his Curacy in the Cowbridge Ministry Area. Before returning to Cardiff, Ian was the Coordinating Chaplain at the University of the West of England in Bristol and ministered in parishes in both the Bristol and Gloucester Dioceses.

Prior to that, Ian worked as a professional musician, singing in the chorus of Welsh National Opera.