NEWS STORY : Venerable Richard Paul Davies Confirmed as New Suffragan Bishop of Dorking

STORY

The King has approved the nomination of The Venerable Richard Paul Davies, Archdeacon of Surrey, to the Suffragan See of Dorking, in the Diocese of Guildford, in succession to The Right Reverend Dr Jo Bailey Wells, following her resignation.

Davies was educated at the University of Wales, Lampeter and the University of Oxford, and trained for ministry at Ripon College Cuddesdon. He served his title at St Davids Cathedral in Wales and was ordained priest in 1998. In 2001, Davies became a Team Vicar in the Benefice of Dewisland with responsibility for Solva and Brawdy, in the Diocese of St Davids, and in 2006 was appointed as Vicar of Burry Port and Pwll in the same diocese. During these years, he additionally served as Diocesan Director of Ordinands, and an Officiating Chaplain to the Military. In 2012, Davies was appointed as Archdeacon of Bangor and Anglesey in the Diocese of Bangor and in 2017 he took up his current role as the Archdeacon of Surrey in the Diocese of Guildford.