Email Reply

[ozlady]

I sent an email to the Bishop of Monmouth yesterday inquiring as the location of certain parish registers. This morning I received a very pleasant reply from The Bish himself! He couldn't tell me what I wanted to know but did supply some useful addresses. Thanks, Church in Wales!

[Simon G.]

That was nice of the Bishop to reply in person.  I don't know if it will help, but if I remember correctly Genuki (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/parishes.html) mentions where a lot of parishes have been deposited (if at all).  The vast majority seem to be in the GwentRO in Cwmbran, with the Bishop's Transcripts in the National Library in Aberystwyth.

[Lydart]

The Bishop of Monmouth (Dominic) is our bishop ... a gentle, lovely man, and I always get emails answered 'by return' from him. 

Here he is ... (on top of Mount Sinai earlier this year !)

[White Lady]

What a great picture Lydart.  He doesn't look like a Bishop in his civvies.

Christina

[Lydart]

You can hardly wear full regalia climbing Mount Sinai !!!   (Some of it on a camel !)

[Nick Carver]

I see his shirt is ecclesiastical purple, but at least there is no dog-collar!

[Lydart]

That's not a clerical shirt ... hence no dog collar !!  Anyway, most clergy don't wear 'the uniform' on holiday !

[ozlady]

Thany you Lydart. That's a great pic. I love putting faces to people, makes it more personal somehow.

[Nick Carver]

I was commentating on the colour rather than the style - purple must get to be a habit.