Kington's new vicar will be welcomed and licensed next week
The new vicar for the Kington Parishes will be welcomed and licensed in a special service on Monday, November 25.
Reverend Canon Doctor Sally Welch has been appointed as the new Vicar of the Benefice of Kington St Mary with Huntington, Old Radnor, Kinnerton and Titley in the Diocese of Hereford.
She will be welcomed and licensed at St Mary’s Church in Kington at 7pm.
Canon Sally has been part of Oxford’s Christ Church Cathedral community since September 2022, while also serving as one of the Bishop's Advisers for Women's Ministry.
Before that Reverend Sally had been a parish priest within the Diocese of Oxford for over 20 years, in a variety of different contexts, as well as Diocesan Spirituality Adviser.
She is the author of a number of books and was the editor of New Daylight Bible reading notes for seven years.
Her particular interest is the spirituality and practice of pilgrimage, and she has worked with the diocese and the Cathedral on a number of different pilgrimage projects.
She and her husband Jeremy have four children and several grandchildren
Kington’s last vicar Reverend Benedict Griffiths and his wife, Jean, moved to North Wales in March 2023 and he was formally installed as Vicar and Ministry Area Leader of Bro Ardudwy, an area between Barmouth to Harlech on March 22.
Benedict became the vicar of Kington in January 2016 and had previously served between Llandrindod Wells and Builth Wells for five years before moving to Aberedw and Painscastle for about 15 months.
