User:Canon Mark Soady

Canon Mark Soady

Prior of the Holywell Community and Vicar of Abergavenny

POST-ORDINATION He served as Minor Canon of St Woolos Cathedral, with special responsibility for Liturgy from 2003-08. He previously served in the Rectorial Benefice of Tenby, as Curate (1996-1999) and as Team Vicar (1999-2003). He was a member of the Governing Body of the Church in Wales from 1998 – 2003 & 2011.He was the first Chaplain of Newport's University (2008-2012) and is an Honorary Fellow of the University.

PRE-ORDINATION Prior to Ordination he was Head of Office to Rt Hon Lord Jenkins of Hillhead OM; and later worked for the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (an arm of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office) on democratisation programmes. In this role he acted as advisor to President Zelev of Bulagaria and worked on other democratisation  projects. Earlier he had trained and worked as a Psychiatric Nurse.

OTHER ROLES He served in the Royal Army Chaplain's Department from 1998- 2012 and is Chairman of Trustees of the Welsh Warrior: Richard Hunt Foundation, which cares for veterans. He was admitted as a Member of the Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem on St John's Day 2015.

A former National Agent for Wales of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, he served as acting Chief Executive of the Party for a short period.