Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia
Diocese of Menevia Dioecesis Menevensis Esgobaeth Mynyw | ||
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Coordinates 52°00′29″N 4°30′18″W / 52.008°N 4.505°W | | |
Statistics | ||
Area | 9,310 km2 (3,590 sq mi) | |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 829,500 26,200 (3.2%) | |
Parishes | 55 | |
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Denomination | Catholic | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church | |
Rite | Roman Rite | |
Established | 6th century
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Cathedral | John Peter Mark Jabalé Thomas Matthew Burns | |
Map | ||
Diocese of Menevia within the Province of Cardiff | ||
Website | ||
menevia.org |
The Diocese of Menevia (
History
The history of the diocese of St Davids is traditionally traced to that saint (Dewi) in the latter half of the 6th century. Records of the history of the diocese before Norman times are very fragmentary, however, consisting of a few chance references in old chronicles, such as Annales Cambriae and Brut y Tywysogion (Rolls Series).
On 12 May 1898, the
The sixth century bishop St Ismael is honoured on 16 June.[4]
Timeline
- 6th Century: Saint David becomes bishop.
- 21 January 1560: diocese disestablished (English Reformation), becomes the protestant Diocese of St Davids.
- 29 September 1850: Diocese of Newport and Meneviain the south.
- 4 September 1860: Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire, the cathedral priory of the Diocese of Newport and Menevia is consecrated.[5]
- 4 July 1895: The Diocese of Newport and Menevia splits. Glamorgan, Monmouth and Herefordshire become the Diocese of Newport. The rest of Wales, including North Wales from the Diocese of Shrewsbury, becomes the Apostolic Vicariate of Wales.[6]
- 12 May 1898: The Apostolic Vicariate of Wales become the Diocese of Menevia with Wrexham Cathedral as its pro-cathedral.[6]
- 7 February 1916: The Diocese of Newport becomes the Archdiocese of Cardiff and it is decided that St David's church in Cardiff would become its cathedral.[6]
- 12 March 1920: St David's Cathedral, Cardiff is officially made the metropolitan cathedral of the Archdiocese of Cardiff.[6]
- 12 February 1987: The Diocese of Menevia is split. The north becomes the Swansea Cathedral.[6]
Details
In 2007, there were 27,561 Catholics in the diocese which was served by 34
- St Joseph's Catholic School and Sixth-Form Centre, Port Talbot
- St John Lloyd Catholic Comprehensive School, Llanelli
- Bishop Vaughan Catholic School, Swansea
Founded in 1965, St Joseph's School was the first Catholic comprehensive school in Wales.[8]
The geographic remit consists of the City and County of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot, and the traditional counties of Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Radnorshire - an area of 9,310 square kilometres (3,590 sq mi) roughly.
The cathedra is located at St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea. Situated within the diocese is the Welsh National Shrine of Our Lady of Cardigan at Cardigan.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Cardiff)
- Francis J. Vaughan † (21 June 1926 – 13 March 1935 died)
- Michael Joseph McGrath † (10 August 1935 – 20 June 1940 appointed archbishop of Cardiff)
- Daniel Joseph Hannon † (15 March 1941 – 26 April 1946 died)
- John Edward Petit† (8 February 1947 – 16 June 1972 retired)
- Langton Douglas Fox† (16 June 1972 – 5 February 1981 resigned)
- John Aloysius Ward, OFM Cap † (5 February 1981 succeeded – 25 March 1983 appointed archbishop of Cardiff)
- Wrexham)
- Daniel Joseph Mullins † (12 February 1987 – 12 June 2001 retired)
- John Mark Jabalé(12 June 2001 – 16 October 2008 retired)
- Thomas Matthew Burns(16 October 2008 – 11 July 2019 retired)
- Mark O'Toole (Appointed 27 April 2022. Diocese merged with the Archdiocese of Cardiff in persona Episcopi. Installed on 23 June 2022)
Coadjutor Bishops
- John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B. (2000-2001)
- John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. † (1980-1981)
Auxiliary Bishop
- Langton Douglas Fox† (1965-1972), appointed Bishop of Menevia.
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Peter Malcolm Brignall(priest here, 1978–1987), appointed Bishop of Wrexham, Wales in 2012
Deaneries
There are a total of five deaneries in the Diocese of Menevia, all of which cover several churches in that area, overseen by a dean.
The deaneries are:
See also
- Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
- Our Lady of Cardigan
- Caldey Abbey
- Chapel of St Non
References
- ^ "Diocese of Menevia". Catholic Encyclopedia 1913. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ "About the Diocese of Menevia". Diocese of Menevia. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Pope Francis accepts resignation of Bishop of Menevia". Independent Catholic News. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Saint Ismael of Menevia". 6 June 2013.
- ^ Historic England, "Details from listed building database (1411804)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 April 2014
- ^ Cardiff Cathedralretrieved 5 April 2014
- ^ "Statistics". dioceseofmenevia.org. 31 December 2007. Archived from the original on 4 February 2007.
- ISBN 9780852441312.