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{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Reverend]]
| type = bishop
| name = Mary Stallard
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| title = [[Bishop of Llandaff]]
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| diocese = [[Diocese of Llandaff]]
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| term = 2023–present
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| other_post =[[Archdeacon of Bangor]] (2018&ndash;2023)<br />[[Assistant Bishop of Bangor]] (2022&ndash;2023)
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| ordination = 1993 (deacon) <br /> 1997 (priest)
| ordained_by = [[Rowan Williams]]
| consecration = 26 February 2022
| consecrated_by = [[Andrew John]]
| birth_name = Mary Kathleen Rose Stallard
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| nationality = British
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'''Mary Kathleen Rose Stallard''' (born 28 February 1967)<ref>[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/Req0KERzyjieMuIzowihJjaoO2c/appointments Companies House]</ref> is an Anglican bishop serving as the [[Bishop of Llandaff]];<ref name="llandaff">{{cite web |website=Church in Wales |title=New Bishop of Llandaff elected |url=https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/new-bishop-of-llandaff-elected/ |date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119172908/https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/new-bishop-of-llandaff-elected/ |archive-date=19 January 2023 |access-date=19 January 2023 }}</ref> she previously served as [[Archdeacon of Bangor]] and [[Assistant Bishop of Bangor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/26734/archdeaconry-of-bangor|title=Archdeaconry of Bangor|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-10-05}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Stallard was born on 28 February 1967 in [[Birmingham]], West Midlands, England.<ref name="WW 23">{{cite web |title=Stallard, Mary Kathleen Rose |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U296836 |website=[[Who's Who 2023]] |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=5 March 2023 |language=en |date=1 December 2022}}</ref> Her father was a vicar and her mother a scientist.<ref name="bio Assistant Bish" /> She was educated at [[King Edward VI High School for Girls]], an all-girls [[independent school (UK)|independent school]] in Birmingham.<ref name="WW 23" /> She studied theology at [[Selwyn College, Cambridge]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA) degree in 1988.<ref name="Crockford">{{Crockford| surname = Stallard | forenames = Mary Kathleen Rose | id = 1035 | accessed = 5 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="bio Assistant Bish">{{cite web |title=Assistant Bishop in Bangor |url=https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/about-us/bishops/assistant-bishop-of-bangor/ |website=Church in Wales |access-date=5 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> She worked as a high school [[Religious education#United Kingdom|religious education]] teacher,<ref name="IAWN">{{cite web |title=The Church in Wales |url=https://iawn.anglicancommunion.org/around-the-world/wales.aspx |website=International Anglican Women’s Network |publisher=Anglican Communion |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref> and completed a [[Postgraduate Certificate in Education]] (PGCE) teaching qualification with the [[UCL Institute of Education|London Institute of Education]] in 1990.<ref name="Crockford" />

==Ordained ministry==
From 1991 to 1993, she trained for ordained ministry at [[The Queen's Foundation]], an [[ecumenical]] [[theological college]] in Birmingham.<ref name="Crockford" /> She was made a [[Deacon#Anglicanism|deacon]] in the [[Church in Wales]], at [[Petertide]] 1993 (26&nbsp;June), by [[Rowan Williams]], [[Bishop of Monmouth]], at [[Newport Cathedral]].<ref>{{Church Times | title = Petertide ordinations | archive = 1993_07_16_005 | issue = 6805 | date = 16 July 1993 | page = 5 | accessed = 5 August 2023 }}</ref> From 1993 to 1996, she served her [[curacy]] at St Matthew's Church, [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] in the [[Diocese of Monmouth]].<ref name="Crockford" /> Next, she was [[Incumbent (ecclesiastical)|incumbent]] at [[Ysbyty Cynfyn]], first as deacon-in-charge (1996–1997) and then as [[Vicar (Anglicanism)|vicar]] (1997–2002).<ref name="Crockford" /><ref name="bio Assistant Bish" /> She was ordained as a [[Priest#Anglican or Episcopalian|priest]] in 1997,<ref name="Crockford" /> the first year the Church in Wales ordained women to the priesthood.<ref>{{cite news |title=Church in Wales Celebrates Ten Years of Women Priests |url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/church.in.wales.celebrates.ten.years.of.women.priests/9035.htm |access-date=5 March 2023 |work=Christian Today |date=9 January 2007 |language=en}}</ref> She was a [[Canon (priest)|Canon residentiary]] at [[St&nbsp;Asaph Cathedral]] from 2003 to 2011; and [[Chaplain|school chaplain]] at [[St Joseph's Catholic and Anglican High School, Wrexham|St Joseph's School, Wrexham]] from 2011 until 2018 and her appointment as [[Archdeacon]].<ref>[https://bangor.eglwysyngnghymru.org.uk/ms/ Diocese of Bangor]</ref> She was collated archdeacon on 6 May 2018.<ref>https://www.llandudno-parish.org.uk/wordpress/pdf/mag201806.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

===Episcopal ministry===
On 26 January 2022, it was announced that Stallard had been appointed [[Assistant Bishop of Bangor]], to assist [[Andy John]] in his diocesan duties while he also serves as [[Archbishop of Wales]];<ref>{{cite web |website=Church in Wales |title=Assistant Bishop of Bangor announced |url=https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/assistant-bishop-of-bangor-announced/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126200953/https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/assistant-bishop-of-bangor-announced/ |date=26 January 2022 |archive-date=26 January 2022 |access-date=26 January 2022 }}</ref> she was consecrated a bishop by John on 26 February 2022 at [[Bangor Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite web |website=Church in Wales |title=New bishops consecrated |url=https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/new-bishops-consecrated/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228115724/https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/new-bishops-consecrated/ |date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |access-date=3 March 2022 }}</ref> She remained Archdeacon of Bangor.<ref>{{cite web |website=Diocese of Bangor |title=Assistant Bishop and Archdeacon of Bangor |url=https://bangor.eglwysyngnghymru.org.uk/ms/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303201336/https://bangor.eglwysyngnghymru.org.uk/ms/ |archive-date=3 March 2022 |access-date=3 March 2022 }}</ref><ref>https://cadeirlanbangor.contentfiles.net/media/assets/file/Cysegru_26_Chwe_2022.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>

On 19 January 2023, it was announced that Stallard had been elected that day by the Electoral College of the Church in Wales at [[Llandaff Cathedral]] to become the next diocesan [[Bishop of Llandaff]]. She legally took up her See (thereby ending her assistant bishop post and archdeaconry) as of the Sacred Synod to [[confirmation of bishops|confirm]] her election;<ref name="llandaff" /> which occurred on 19 April 2023 at Holy&nbsp;Trinity, [[Llandudno]].<ref name="conf">{{cite web |website=Church in Wales |title=Governing Body meeting – April 19–20 |date=5 April 2023 |url=https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/governing-body-meeting-april-19-20/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411164818/https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/governing-body-meeting-april-19-20/ |archive-date=11 April 2023 |access-date=11 April 2023 }}</ref>

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