The Bishop of St Asaph, the Rt. Revd. Gregory Cameron is pleased to announce that the next Vicar for Ruabon and Rhosymedre will be the Reverend Anthapurusha who is currently a Team Vicar in Wrexham and also the Bishop’s Inter-faith Officer.
He will be welcomed to his new ministry at a special service led by Bishop Gregory and the Archdeacon of St Asaph, the Venerable Shirley Griffiths on May 14th, 2012 at St Mary’s Church, Ruabon at 1900hr.
Reverend Anthapurusha was born and brought up in South India before moving to North India for higher education. During his church ministry in India he served as Bishop’s Chaplain and in outreach ministry in the slums. A year of study at Westhill College, Selly Oak, Birmingham brought Anthapurusha to the UK where he went on to serve as India Link Facilitator in the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh. Anthapurusha moved to North Wales and to the parish of Bistre in 2002 before moving to Wrexham in 2009 with special responsibility for St. James’ Church.
Anthapurusha is married to Nandita who was a teacher but now works for NHS and has three children Prajwala 21, Poornima 20, and Pratishak 14.
‘I consider it a privilege to share the ministry and mission of Christ with the people of Ruabon and Rhosymedre’, say the Revd Anthapurusha. ‘My vision is to lead people to encounter God in their lives and thereby enable them to share their experience of God with their neighbours and friends.’
In welcoming this new appointment within the Diocese of St Asaph, Bishop Gregory says, ‘Anthapurusha brings a wealth of wider experience from India and Scotland to ministry in Wales, and I’m very glad that he now brings that wider world of talent to ministry in Ruabon and Rhosymedre. Anthapurusha will continue to build bridges among communities of different faiths, but also boldly proclaim the good news Christians celebrate in Christ.’
