Rowan Williams became Chancellor of the University of South Wales in 2013, and was installed in a major ceremony on 14 April 2014.
He is acknowledged internationally as an outstanding scholar, teacher, poet, and theologian, and has written extensively across a wide range of related fields including philosophy, theology, spirituality and religious aesthetics.
Archbishop of Canterbury
From 2002 to 2012 Rowan Williams served as the Archbishop of Canterbury, leading the worldwide Anglican Communion.
His links with the University’s home region run deep; born and raised in Glamorgan, he served as a member of the Board of Governors of the former University of Wales, Newport during his time as Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales.
After studying a Theology degree at Oxford, Lord Williams became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1975 and worked as a lecturer at the College of Resurrection, near Leeds, until he was ordained Deacon in Ely Cathedral.
In 1984 he became Dean and Chaplain of Clare College and, in 1986, at the age of 36, he was appointed to the Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity at Oxford University and as a residentiary canon of Christ Church.o
Current role