St Michael's College, Llandaff


St Michael's College, Cardiff was an Anglican theological college in Llandaff, Wales. The college was founded in 1892, and was situated in Llandaff from 1904 until 2016. Among its many alumni was the poet R. S. Thomas.
After the closure of the college the buildings became the headquarters of St Padarn's Institute which organises theological training for the whole of the Church in Wales.

Recent history

In Spring 2014, following a review titled "A report on the future of theological training in the Church in Wales", the college was faced with major changes, particularly the call to cease residential training at the college. After the announcement of the report at the Governing Body of the Church in Wales in April 2014, the college staff and the staff of St Seriol's Centre in Bangor wrote a follow up report making recommendations for change to the bench of bishops of the Church in Wales. The bench accepted these recommendations and a press release from the Church in Wales announced:

Academic staff

Paula Yates was Dean of Non-Residential Studies at St Padarn's Institute.

Wardens of St Michael's College

The following people have been wardens: