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Roy Jenkins guest on All Things Considered this week is the man who has just been elected the thirteenth Archbishop of Wales.
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John Davies, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon for the past nine years, is a former solicitor specialising in criminal law who has a passion for music and social justice. He has been priest of a variety of parishes, and run a cathedral, but the top job among the Anglicans of Wales must still be a daunting prospect.
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The church remains a visible presence in every corner of the country, and retains significant influence through schools and other community involvement.听听 But as with other denominations, a long established pattern of decline worsens every year - fewer worshippers, fewer young people, fewer clergy.听 Drastic measures are deemed necessary, and as the church approaches the centenary of disestablishment - its independence from the Church of England - it appears far from united.