Hundreds of people gathered at Newport Cathedral yesterday to pay their last respects to one of the most senior clergymen in Wales.
Fr Jeremy Winston died just weeks after being installed as Dean of Monmouth and on the day that he was due to start treatment for a brain tumour. He was 57.
The Requiem service was led by the Bishop of Monmouth, Dominic Walker, and was relayed live to Abergavenny where Fr Jeremy served as vicar of St Mary’s Priory Church for 18 years.
The address was given by the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, John Davies. The Archbishop of Wales and civil dignitaries attended. Cathedral organist Christopher Barton composed a special choral piece for the service called The Souls of the Righteous and dedicated to Fr Jeremy.
At the end of the service, clergy lined the path as the coffin was carried from the Cathedral. Fr Jeremy’s body was taken to Abergavenny and lay in St Mary’s Priory overnight. There will be a private burial today, Thursday.
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Fr Jeremy will be held at St Mary’s Priory Church, Monk Street, Abergavenny, on January 21 at 11.30am.
Books of Condolence are at St Mary’s and at Newport Cathedral.
Tributes can also be made online at http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/tribute/
Fr Jeremy died on November 21. He was installed as Dean of Monmouth in September.