Archbishops adviser becomes next Bishop of St Asaph

A senior adviser to the Archbishop of Canterbury was elected on Monday as the next Bishop of St Asaph.

The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, announced that the Rev Canon Gregory Cameron would be the next Bishop of St Asaph.

The decision was made by the Archbishop together with other members of the Electoral College of the Church in Wales during a closed meeting at St Asaph Cathedral.

Canon Gregory, Deputy Secretary of the Anglican Communion Office in London, becomes the 76th Bishop of St Asaph. He succeeds the Rt Rev John Davies, who served as bishop of the diocese from 1999 until his retirement last December.

Canon Gregory, 49, has been involved in the ecumenical relations of the Anglican Communion at the international level for the last five years and has previously served as chaplain to the Archbishop of Wales when the office was held by Dr Rowan Williams, now Archbishop of Canterbury.