Dorrien Davies

{{Short description|Welsh priest}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

Dorrien Paul Davies (born March 1964){{Cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/PZl2e4odUp8b0MgsAA6W2h3dtfI/appointments|title=Dorrien Paul DAVIES personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK|website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk|accessdate=25 June 2023}} is a Welsh Anglican bishop.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk/index.php?id=743|title=Welcome | St Davids Cathedral|website=stdavidscathedral.org.uk|access-date=25 June 2023}} Since 2023, he has been the Bishop of St Davids; he was previously the Archdeacon of Carmarthen and priest in charge of St Clears.

Davies was educated at the University of Wales, Lampeter,{{Crockford | forenames = Dorrien Paul | surname = Davies | id = 26068 | accessed =7 March 2020 }} made deacon on 25 June 1988 and ordained priest 24 June 1989.{{cite web |website=Church in Wales |title=The Venerable D P Davies |url=https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/people/person/2265/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807212654/https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/people/person/2265/ |archive-date=7 August 2023 |access-date=7 August 2023 }} After a curacy in Llanelli he held incumbencies at Llanfihangel Ystrad, St Dogmaels and Dewisland. until his archdeacon’s appointment. He was collated on 12 November 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-12/Archdeacons%20News%2029.pdf |title=Archdeacons’ News, Bulletin no. 29 (November 2017), page 4 |website=The Church of England |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403200346/https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-12/Archdeacons%20News%2029.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2021 |access-date=4 August 2023 }} On 17 October 2023, Davies was elected to become the next Bishop of St Davids; the confirmation of his election (by which he legally became bishop) was on 29 November and his episcopal consecration took place on 27 January 2024 at Bangor Cathedral.{{cite web |website=Church in Wales |title=New Bishop of St Davids elected |date=17 October 2023 |url=https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/new-bishop-of-st-davids-elected/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018201732/https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/new-bishop-of-st-davids-elected/ |archive-date=18 October 2023 |access-date=18 October 2023 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/new-bishop-of-st-davids-is-consecrated/|title=New Bishop of St Davids is consecrated|date=27 January 2024|website=The Church in Wales|access-date=25 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225095325/https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/new-bishop-of-st-davids-is-consecrated/|archive-date=25 February 2024}}