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The Representative Body of the Church in Wales is the central administrative body of the Church in Wales. Its primary function is to manage the Church's financial assets but it also provides centralised support services to the bishops, archdeacons, clergy and lay staff employed by the Church.
The Governing Body of the Church in Wales is the deliberative and legislative body of the Church in Wales, broadly speaking equivalent to the General Synod of the Church of England. The Governing Body usually meets twice each year to receive reports, discuss issues concerning the church and make decisions on matters brought before it.
The Representative Body of the Church in Wales is responsible for the care of the church's property and for funding many of the activities of the church, including support for clergy stipends and pensions.
The Church in Wales, unlike the Irish Church, had formed part of the Church of England since the Middle Ages. The four Welsh dioceses formed an integral part of the Province of Canterbury; the Welsh dioceses extended beyond the England-Wales border; some parishes in Wales formed part of English dioceses; and some parishes straddled the boundary ...
When the Welsh Church Act 1914 was passed to disestablish the Church in Wales, the intention was that the Welsh Church Commissioners would transfer ownership of burial grounds and churchyards in Wales, and responsibility for their maintenance, from parish churches to local authorities, though the Representative Body of the Church in Wales retained a number of ancient churchyards.
In 2013, Hughes was elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. [4] In 2017, he chaired the Independent Review of Support for Publishing and Literature in Wales report to the Senedd. [5] In 2021 he was appointed as chair of the Representative Body of the Church in Wales. [6]
Representing 43.6% of the Welsh population in 2021, Christianity is the largest religion in Wales. Wales has a strong tradition of nonconformism, particularly Methodism.From 1534 until 1920 the established church was the Church of England, but this was disestablished in Wales in 1920, becoming the still Anglican but self-governing Church in Wales.
The Book of Common Prayer for use in the Church in Wales, which is written in traditional English and underwent a line-by-line revision process by the Governing Body of the Church in Wales between 1980 and 1984, [4] was specifically designed to replace the 1662 English prayer book. [5] Initially, it was intended to be published in single volume.