The Anglican Church in Wales has elected Cherry Vann as its new Archbishop of Wales, with Vann becoming the first woman to hold the post.
It also marks the first time that a woman in the UK has become an Anglican archbishop, while the Guardian describes Vann, currently Bishop of Monmouth, as the “first LGBTQ+ leader in the Church in Wales in a symbolic break with recent safeguarding scandals”.
Speaking of the appointment, Archbishop Mark O’Toole, of the Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia, said:
