 He was ordained in 1997 in St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, where he served his title as a minor canon before incumbencies at Solva in Pembrokeshire and Burry Port in Carmarthenshire.He was appointed on 23 September 2011 and collated and installed as Archdeacon of Bangor and Anglesey in Bangor Cathedral on 19 February 2012.At the time of his installation (aged 38), Davies was the youngest archdeacon in Wales and England.