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Dyffryn Ardudwy Dyffryn Ardudwy () is a village, community and electoral ward in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd, Wales consisting of several small, almost conjoined, villages including Coed Ystumgwern, Llanenddwyn (), Llanddwywe, Talybont and Dyffryn Ardudwy. ...

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Gwynedd Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...

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Church in Wales The Church in Wales ( cy, Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is an Anglicanism, Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses. The Archbishop of Wales does not have a fixed archiepiscopal see, but serves concurrently as one of the six diocesan bishop ...

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Diocese of Bangor The Diocese of Bangor is a diocese of the Church in Wales in North West Wales. The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and the western part of Montgomeryshire. History The diocese in the Welsh kingd ...

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located within the Meirionydd Synod area and is part of the

Initial formation

Bro Ardudwy Uchaf was formed by a decree from the

Bishop of Bangor The Bishop of Bangor is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. The see is based in the city of Bangor where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is at Cathedral Church of Saint Deiniol. The ''Report of the Commissioners appointed ...

on 1 October 2011. The decree dissolved the former Benefices and Parishes of: * Harlech and Llanfair juxta Harlech *

Llanfihangel-y-Traethau Llanfihangel-y-traethau ("St. Michael's on the Beaches") was a parish in Ardudwy, Gwynedd, north-west Wales centred on a church of the same name in the village of Ynys. The original parish church was built in the 12th century on a tidal island. La ...

and Llandecwyn * LLanenddwyn (otherwise Dyffryn) with Llanddwywe * Llanbedr with Llandanwg The former Churches within Bro Ardudwy Uchaf were then raised to the status of Parish Churches within the area and consisted of: * St Tanwg's Church, Harlech * St Michael's Church, Ynys * St Tecwyn's Church, Llandecwyn * Christ Church, Talsarnau * St Peter's Church, Llanbedr * St Mary's Church, Llanfair * St Tanwg's Church, Llandanwg * St Enddwyn's Church, Dyffryn * St Ddwywe's Church, Llanddwywe The new Ministry Area was overseen by a Ministry Area Council that had the same powers as the former PCC's of the former Parishes.

Enlargement

On 3 September 2015 the

signed another decree that formed Bro Ardudwy and removed the portion of 'Uchaf' from its name. The new area of Bro Ardudwy included all of the previous Churches but also included the Churches of the Benefice and Parishes of Llanaber with Barmouth and Caerdeon with Bontddu which were all raised to the status of Parish Churches. The Parishes of Llanaber with Barmouth and Caerdeon with Bontddu were disbanded at the same time as the decree that formed Bro Ardudwy. The Churches that were added to Bro Ardudwy included: * St Mary and St Bodfan Church, Llanaber * St David's Church, Barmouth * St John's Church, Barmouth * St Philip's Church, Caerdeon The Ministry Area Council was enlarged to include extra members from the extra Churches making up the extended area of Bro Ardudwy.

Administration

Bro Ardudwy is a registered charity run by a Ministry Area Council whose members are trustees of the Charity. Church in Wales