Welsh Disestablishment - 100 years on
Welsh Disestablishment: Comments and chronology . Hywel J Davies When the Church of Ireland celebrated its 150 th anniversary in November 2019, it was done with aplomb and public participation. However, it has been the misfortune of the Church in Wales that when it sought to celebrate its centenary in 2020, its plans, like so many this year, were laid low by the Covid-10 pandemic. For the record, it is worth noting that the Church in Wales had a programme read to go. In April 2020, Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was to visit Wales, as he did Ireland last year, to highlight the celebrations. On June 7 th all six of the Welsh cathedrals were to host a liturgical commemoration. At the National Eisteddfod, to be held at Tregaron in August, there were plans for a panel-led discussion, which would have included the ...