Overview

• Vann secured a two-thirds majority vote from the Church in Wales Electoral College on July 30 to become its 15th archbishop.
• Her appointment marks the first time a woman and openly LGBTQ+ person has led any UK Anglican province.
• She has pledged to enact recommendations from recent safeguarding reviews and guide a process of healing and reconciliation across the church.
• Vann will transition from her five-year tenure as Bishop of Monmouth and be formally enthroned at Newport Cathedral in the coming months.
• Originally ordained in 1994 and a former Archdeacon of Rochdale, she brings decades of leadership experience to steer cultural reforms.