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2003 In Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2003 to Wales and its people. Incumbents *First Minister – Rhodri Morgan *Secretary of State for Wales – Peter Hain *Archbishop of Wales – Barry Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff (elected) *Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Robyn Llŷn Events *February – Former Conservative Assembly leader Rod Richards is declared bankrupt with debts estimated at over £300,000. *27 February – Rowan Williams is enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. Dominic Walker is installed as his replacement as Bishop of Monmouth. * 9 March – Ron Davies announces that he is leaving politics after being asked to stand down by his local party following further revelations by the press about his private life. *29 March – Porthmadog Cob is bought by the Welsh Assembly Government and the road toll is discontinued after 192 years. *1 May – In the National Assembly for Wales election, Labour win 30 seats, enabling them to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Walker (bishop)
Edward William Murray "Dominic" Walker OGS DL (born 28 June 1948) is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Reading, an area bishop, from 1997 to 2002 and Bishop of Monmouth from 2003 to 2013. Early life Walker was the eldest child to a Welsh mother and English father. He was brought up on Dartmoor. He was educated at Plymouth College King's College London (where he trained for the priesthood and gained an Associateship of King's College or AKC), Heythrop College in London (gaining a postgraduate Master of Arts in 1997) and the University of Wales (becoming a Master of Laws ). Ordained ministry Walker was ordained priest in 1972. He began his ministry with a curacy at St Faith's Southwark after which he was domestic chaplain to Mervyn Stockwood, Bishop of Southwark; rector of Newington St Mary; Team Rector of St Peter, St Nicholas & the Chapel Royal Brighton, Rural Dean of Brighton and a canon and prebendary of Chichester Cathedral. Walker is a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William, Prince Of Wales
William, Prince of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982), is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. William was born during the reign of his paternal grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. He was educated at Wetherby School, Ludgrove School and Eton College. He earned a Master of Arts (Scotland), Master of Arts degree in geography at the University of St Andrews where he met his future wife, Catherine Middleton. They have three children: Prince George of Wales, George, Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015), Charlotte and Prince Louis of Wales, Louis. After university, William trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst prior to serving with the Blues and Royals regiment. In 2008 he graduated from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, joining the RAF Search and Rescue Force in early 2009. He served as a full-time pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance for two years, starting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19 June
Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. * 1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars. *1306 – The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven. *1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America. 1601–1900 * 1718 – At least 73,000 people died in the 1718 Tongwei–Gansu earthquake due to landslides in the Qing dynasty. *1785 – The Boston King's Chapel adopts James Freeman's revised prayer book, without the Nicene Creed, establishing it as the first Unitarian congregation in the United States. *1800 – War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria. *1811 – The Carlton House Fête is held in Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
