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Born on 14 June 1950 in Swansea. Only child of Aneurin Williams and his wife Nancy Delphine
School – Dynevor School, Swansea
Undergraduate at Christ’s College and admitted to Wadham College, Oxford. He graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1975
1975-1977 - lectured and trained for ordination at the College of the Resurrection in Mirfield, West Yorkshire
In 1977 he returned to Cambridge to teach theology as a tutor (as well as chaplain and Director of Studies) at Westcott House and was made a deacon in the chapel
While there, he was ordained a priest
1980 – made curate at St George's, Chesterton, Cambridge
1983 - appointed as university lecturer in divinity at Cambridge
1984 – appointed dean and chaplain of Clare College
1986 - appointed to the Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford, a position which brought with it appointment to a residentiary canonry of Christ Church Cathedral
1989 - received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD)
1990 - elected a Fellow of the British Academy
1991 - elected Bishop of Monmouth
1992 - consecrated a bishop at St Asaph Cathedral and enthroned at Newport Cathedral
He continued to serve as Bishop of Monmouth after he was elected to also be the Archbishop of Wales in December 1999
2003 - he was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral and served until 2012
On 17 January 2013, Williams was admitted as the 35th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge and served until September 2020
On 4 July 1981, Williams married Jane, a writer and lecturer in theology. They have two children.
He speaks or reads eleven languages: English, Welsh, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Biblical Hebrew, Syriac, Latin, and both Ancient (koine) and Modern Greek. He is also a poet and translator of poetry.