Location:
The parish of St. Theodore, Port Talbot is located in the eastern
region of the
County Borough of Neath Port Talbot , near to the coast, in
South Wales. The Parish Church lies in the shadow of the steel company
Corus Port Talbot plant which, along with the docks, makes up the
whole south-western band of the parish through which travels the
main intercity and local railway artery connecting West and South
Wales to London Paddington.
The eastern boundary is the Goytre Valley located
between the hills of Mynydd Margam and Mynydd Emroch. The main motorway
link, the M4, connecting West and South Wales with the national
motorway network, passes through the parish with Junction 40 at
our centre.
The northern boundary reaches to the Aberavon Rugby
Football ground and the southern boundary just beyond Groeswen Hospital
to which the Vicar is Chaplain.
Parish History:
St. Theodore's Church designed and built by
John Loughborough Pearson R.A. was consecrated in 1897 as part
of the Parish of Margam.
In 1901 the Parish of St. Theodore, Port Talbot was formed. Since
then three sections of the original parish have been redistributed
to become part of the parishes of Maesteg and Margam and to form
the parish of St. Agnes (now part of the Rectoral Benefice of Aberavon).
In addition to the Parish Church of St. Theodore the parish at its
formation included the Holy Cross Chapel
of Ease (built 1827) and in 1915 St.
Peter's Mission Church was opened in the Goytre.
The present incumbent is the parish's eighth having arrived in July
1996.
Former incumbents of the
Parish of St. Theodore, Port Talbot
David John Jones 1901-1920
David Cleaver Morris 1920-1940
William Austin Davies 1940-1946
Eric Matthias Roberts 1947-1956 - elected Bishop of St. David's
Diocese.
David Reece 1956-1971 - assistant Bishop of Llandaff Diocese
Glyn Bowen 1971-1984
Norman Lea 1984-1995 |
