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Cathedral team: chapter
The Chapter – sometimes called ‘Dean and Chapter’ – is the governing body of St Davids Cathedral, providing strategic leadership and direction to all areas of Cathedral life. As St Davids Cathedral is a registered charity, the Chapter legal Trustees, responsible for ensuring that obligations are met under charity law.
The Dean and Sub-Dean are automatic members of Chapter, along with the senior clergy of the Diocese of St Davids, who are appointed by the Bishop. Each Chapter member is given their own particular seat in the ancient carved choir stalls, which is named after areas of the historic Diocese, or a ‘general’ seat as a ‘cursal’ canon.
Uniquely among British Cathedrals, the First Canon Cursal is always the Sovereign. The Queen has sat here, on past visits to St Davids. The origins of this go back to the Reformation, though the details are lost.
2018 Llandysiliogogo
2018 Meidrim
2017 Llanrhian
2014 Llanfaes
2012 5th Cursal
2012 Llanddewi Aberarth
2013 Clydau
2014 St Nicholas Pen y ffos
2015 Caerfarchell
2018 Llangan
2018 3rd Cursal
2019, 2nd Cursal
2019, Llanfaes
2019, Caerfai