Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia

Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia
"Menevia" redirects here. For the city once known by this name, see St David's.
Diocese of Menevia
Dioecesis Menevensis
Esgobaeth Mynyw
Location
Country Wales
Territory The City and County of Swansea, the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot, the Counties of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire and the Borough of Brecknock and the District of Radnor in the County of Powys
Ecclesiastical province Cardiff
Metropolitan Cardiff
Coordinates 52°00′29″N 4°30′18″W / 52.008°N 4.505°W / 52.008; -4.505Coordinates: 52°00′29″N 4°30′18″W / 52.008°N 4.505°W / 52.008; -4.505
Statistics
Area 9,716 km2 (3,751 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
788,550
26,266 (3.3%)
Parishes 60
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 12 May 1898
Cathedral Swansea Cathedral
Secular priests 30
Current leadership
Pope Benedict XVI
Bishop Thomas Matthew Burns
Metropolitan Archbishop George Stack
Vicars General
  • David Bottrill
  • Brian Kinrade
Episcopal Vicars Maz Clyne
Emeritus Bishops
Map

Diocese of Menevia within the Province of Cardiff
Website
dioceseofmenevia.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church based in Swansea, Wales. There are 27,561 Catholics in the diocese which is served by 34 diocesan priests, 19 religious priests, 9 non-ordained male religious and 100 female religious. There are 34 Catholic educational institutions in the diocese.[1]

The diocese covers an area of 9,310 km² roughly consisting of the City and County of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot, and the traditional counties of Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Radnorshire.

The see is in Swansea, where the seat is located at Swansea Cathedral. Situated within the diocese is the Welsh National Shrine of Our Lady of Cardigan at Cardigan.

The Vicariate Apostolic of Wales was elevated to diocesan status on May 12, 1898. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Thomas Matthew Burns S.M., the eleventh incumbent, who was appointed on 16 October 2008 to succeed the Right Reverend John Mark Jabalé O.S.B.

Contents

Bishops

  • Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn † (4 July 1895 - 7 March 1921 appointed archbishop of 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 † (5 February 1981 succeeded - 25 March 1983 appointed archbishop of Cardiff)
  • James Hannigan † (13 October 1983 - 12 February 1987 appointed bishop of 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 - succeeded)

Deaneries

St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea

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:

  • Swansea Deanery
  • Carmarthen Deanery
  • Llandrindod Wells Deanery
  • Haverfordwest Deanery
  • Port Talbot Deanery

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistics". dioceseofmenevia.org. 2007-12-31. http://www.dioceseofmenevia.org/diocese/statistics.htm. 

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