Jo Penberthy | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of St Davids | |
 Penberthy in 2021 | |
| Church | Church in Wales |
| Diocese | St Davids |
| In office | 30 November 2016 – 31 July 2023 |
| Predecessor | Wyn Evans |
| Successor | Dorrien Davies |
| Other post(s) | Rector of Glan Ithon (September 2015 – November 2016) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1987 (deacon) 1997 (priest) |
| Consecration | 21 January 2017 by Barry Morgan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joanna Susan Penberthy 1960 (age 63–64) |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Adrian Legg |
| Children | Four |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge St John's College, Nottingham Cranmer Hall, Durham |
Joanna Susan Penberthy (born 1960) is a retired Welsh Anglican bishop. From 2016 until 2023 she served as the Bishop of St Davids in the Church in Wales. She was the first woman to become a bishop in the Church in Wales, when she was consecrated a bishop on 21 January 2017.[1]
She has ministered in the Church of England and the Church in Wales: she has served as a deaconess in the Diocese of Durham and the Diocese of Llandaff, as a deacon in the Diocese of Llandaff, the Diocese of St Asaph, and the Diocese of St Davids, and as a priest in the Diocese of St Davids, the Diocese of Bath and Wells, and the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon. Her final appointment before being raised to the episcopate was as Rector of the Benefice of Glan Ithon in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon (2015 to 2016).
- ^ "Church in Wales: Bishop of St Davids". Retrieved 4 November 2020.