St Michael's College, Llandaff

St Michael's College, Cardiff was an Anglican theological college in Llandaff, Wales. The college was founded in 1892, and was situated in Llandaff from 1904 until 2016. Among its many alumni was the poet R. S. Thomas.

St Michael's College buildings, Llandaff

After the closure of the college the buildings became the headquarters of St Padarn's Institute which organises theological training for the whole of the Church in Wales.

Recent history

In Spring 2014, following a review titled "A report on the future of theological training in the Church in Wales",[1] the college was faced with major changes, particularly the call to cease residential training at the college. After the announcement of the report at the Governing Body of the Church in Wales in April 2014, the college staff and the staff of St Seriol's Centre in Bangor wrote a follow up report making recommendations for change to the bench of bishops of the Church in Wales. The bench accepted these recommendations and a press release from the Church in Wales announced:

At its meeting in June the Bench reviewed thoroughly responses to the report of the Ministry Training Review Group, which had been received by the Bishops in March and had since been the subject of a broad consultation across the Church in Wales and with our partner institutions. In particular, the Bench considered a detailed response prepared jointly by staff of St Michael's College, Cardiff, and the St Seiriol's Centre, Bangor. This proposal, entitled A Vision for Wales, advocated the creation of a new Training Institute to lead all ministry training in the Church in Wales, including education for discipleship and training for ordained ministries, both residential and non-residential.This new Institute was named the St Padarn's Institute, and came into being in 2016, using the old St Michael's buildings as the home for some residential and administration activities, but with training being conducted across the whole of Wales. [2]

Academic staff

Paula Yates was Dean of Non-Residential Studies at St Padarn's Institute.

Wardens of St Michael's College

The following people have been wardens:

  • Glyn Simon (later Bishop of Llandaff and Archbishop of Wales)
  • Eryl Stephen Thomas (later Bishop of Monmouth and Bishop of Llandaff)
  • Harold John Charles (later Bishop of St Asaph)
  • O. G. Rees
  • John Hughes (later Bishop of Kensington)
  • John Rowlands
  • John Holdsworth
  • Peter Sedgwick [3] 2004-2014
  • Mark Clavier (Acting principal)[4]

Notable former students

References
  1. Baxter, Christina; Pain, Richard; Paterson, Robert; Tiltman, Alan; Jenson, Philip. "A report on the future of theological training in the Church in Wales" (PDF).
  2. "Church plans new Training Institute for clergy". Church in Wales. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  3. "Rev'd Dr Peter Sedgwick".
  4. "College appoints Acting Principal". The Church in Wales. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

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