The Chaplains
Vaughan Rees – University Chaplain, Chaplaincy Services Manager
Rev Vaughan Rees is the University Chaplain and Chaplaincy Services Manager. He is released by the Covenanting Churches in Wales (Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and United Reformed Churches) and is appointed in partnership between these churches and the University for this work. He has worked in local pastorates in England and Wales and in regional church leadership. He is committed to ecumenical work and dialogue and understanding between faiths.
Ray Vincent – Associate Chaplain
Rev Ray Vincent is a Baptist minister. After serving as a Student Chaplain in London and work with the Student Christian Movement, he had pastorates in South Wales and in a United Church in East London. He has now retired and works at the Chaplaincy as a volunteer and on a sessional basis.
Gareth Leyshon – Associate Chaplain (Roman Catholic)
Revd Gareth Leyshon is a Roman Catholic priest, ordained in Treforest in May 2007. A native of Llanelli, he pursued a PhD in Astrophysics at Cardiff before training for the ministry. He is generally available at the 20 Llantwit Road Chaplaincy on Tuesdays, and at the Glyntaff Chaplaincy Office between 11am and 2.30pm on Thursdays. Gareth’s particular interests include the perceived conflicts between science and religion, and the compatibility (or otherwise) of New Age beliefs with Christianity.
Jan Harris – Volunteer Chaplaincy administrative assistant
Jan is an Elder at the local United Reformed Church. Until retirement she worked as a clerical officer with the NHS. She currently volunteers at the Chaplaincy one day a week and on key occasions.
Faith advisers to the Chaplain
Rabbi Moshe Baron – Jewish Advisor
Raised in Montreal, Canada, Rabbi Baron obtained a degree in Biology at Yeshiva University in New York before returning to Montreal to study for his semicha (rabbinical ordination) from Yeshivat Noam HaTorah. He recently moved to England where he was appointed Chaplain for Bristol & Western Region by University Jewish Chaplaincy. Rabbi Baron has continuously been involved in many communal organizations and currently runs many activities and gives several Torah and Hebrew classes to students in Bristol and surrounding areas.
Richard Cawley
Naran Patel
Steve Harris
Steve Harris is a Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at the Centre for Astronomy & Science Education in the School of Applied Sciences. Steve, who has a first-class honours degree in computer science, is also a member of the University of Glamorgan’s Hypermedia Research Unit in the School of Computing, where he is currently completing his PhD. Steve is a practising Buddhist. Since 1998 he has been a member of the Soka Gakkai International, a lay association of people practising the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin which has more than 12 million members in 190 countries and territories worldwide.
