The Archdeacon of Llandaff is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of Llandaff, one of three archdeaconries in the diocese (the others are Margam and Morgannwg). The archdeaconry of Llandaff consists of three deaneries: Cardiff, Llandaff, & Penarth and Barry.
The first recorded archdeacons of Llandaff occur soon after the Norman Conquest. However, no territorial titles are recorded until after c. 1125. Until 1843, when the separate position of Dean of Llandaff was created, the Archdeacon also performed the duties of cathedral dean.
List of archdeacons of Llandaff
Leofric 1059-1104 Abraham Urban I 1126 Uhtred 1140–1148 Urban II c.1154–1159 Ralph 1165–1179 William 1172–1179 Urban III 1217–1242 Maurice 1243 Ralph of Newcastle 1244 Thomas, the king's chaplain 1260 Nicholas 1260–c1287 Simon of Radnor 1287 Robert de Briouze 1289 Henry de Cranborne or Wager 1290 Robert 1323,1337 Alexander de Monmouth1338 Richard de Halton1347 Thomas de Burgherssh ?–1361 John de Coventry1361,1364 Henry Despenser1361–1368 Robert de Walsham1363–? Thomas Banastre of Eltisley1366 Thomas de Southam 1368–? Richard Boule ?–1373 Thomas de Alston 1373–? John de Sulthorn 1385,1393 Robert de la More 1396–? Thomas Orewelle ?-1447 Robert Cole 1447–1454 John Stradling 1454–? Lewis Byford 1529,1541 John Quarre ?–1564 John Smith 1564–? Egidius Langley 166û–1667 Francis Davies (afterwards Bishop of Llandaff, 1667)1668 Edward GamageEdward Gamage JnrThomas Gamage1686-1705 George Bull (afterwards Bishop of St David's, 1705)1728 John Evans1749–1777 John Fulham 1777–1789 William Adams 1789–? John Porter c.1796–1843 John Probyn (also Dean of Llandaff)1843–1857 Thomas Williams (afterwards Dean of Llandaff, 1857)1857–1859 James Colquhoun Campbell (afterwards Bishop of Bangor, 1859)1859–?1877 Henry Lynch Blosse 1877-1897 John Griffiths1897–1913 Frederic Edmondes1913–1924 James Buckley1924–1930 David Davies1930–1938 John James1938–1953 Richard Jones1953–1964 Gwynno James (afterwards Dean of Llandaff, 1964)1965–1969 Thomas Hughes (bishop)1969–1971 John Williams1971–1977 Alun Davies (afterwards Dean of Llandaff, 1977)1977–1988 Lewis Clarke1988–1991 Albert Lewis1991–1997 (ret.) David Lee1998–2008 (ret.) Bill Thomas2009–present Peggy Jackson
