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Our Parish Priest – Rev. Canon William J. Isaac

The Rev. Canon William J. Isaac was born in March 1949 in Pontypridd and was brought up all his life in Cardiff.

He went to St. David’s College, Lampeter to do Theology and Biblical Studies and a Diploma in Pastoral Theology, and went for further studies to Salisbury and Wells Theological College to do a Pastoral Diploma at Southampton University.

Canon Isaac studied for the Priesthood at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome and served in the parish of Sacred Heart, Morriston. He was appointed Chaplain at Cardinal Newman Catholic Comprehensive School, Pontypridd and assisted at Our Lady of Lourdes, Mountain Ash, subsequently being appointed Parish Priest of St. Thomas’s, Abercynon.

In 1995, Canon Isaac was appointed as Parish Priest of St. Mary’s, Bridgend. During his time there, he served as Dean of the Bridgend Deanery and as Governor of St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School and Chairman of Governors of Archbishop McGrath Catholic Comprehensive School.

Canon Isaac presided over the closure and demolition of the old St. Mary’s Church in Bridgend and the design, building and opening of a new church, presbytery and parish complex.

Canon Isaac was appointed as Parish Priest of St. Teilo’s with Our Lady of Lourdes in February 2014, returning ‘home’ to the area he grew up in.

In December 2015 the Archbishop of Cardiff, the Most Rev. George Stack, appointed Canon Isaac to the Chapter of Canons at St. David’s Cathedral, entitling him to use the title of Canon. The installation ceremony took place on Tuesday 1st March 2016, St. David’s Day. Prior to the installation ceremony the Archbishop of wrote a letter to parishioners about the installation and history of the Cathedral Chapter.

Former Parish Priests

St. Teilo’s with Our Lady of Lourdes

2005-2014  Canon Edward O’Connell

St. Teilo’sOur Lady of Lourdes
1999-2005 Canon Edward O’Connell1997-2005 Canon Thomas Keane
1956-1999 Canon Patrick Creed1980-1997 Fr. Denis Torney
1951-1956 Fr. Joseph Johnson1978-1980 Fr. Mills
1946-1951 Fr. William Randall1958-1978 Mgr. Gerald Chidgey
1941-1946 Fr. William Probert1955-1958 Fr. Patrick Fitzsimmons
1936-1941 Fr. Thomas McCormack
1925-1936 Canon Thomas Phelan

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