Bishop of Menevia

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Bishop of Menevia
Bishopric
catholic
Mark O'Toole salute (cropped).jpg
Incumbent:
Mark O'Toole
Location
Ecclesiastical province Cardiff
Information
First holder Francis Mostyn
Denomination Catholic Church
Established1898
Diocese Menevia
Cathedral St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea
Website

The Bishop of Menevia is the ordinary of the Diocese of Menevia in the Province of Cardiff in the Catholic Church in Wales. [1]

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The Diocese of Menevia covers an area of 9,716 km2 (3,751 sq mi) roughly consisting of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, the City and County of Swansea and the ancient counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire. [1] The see is in Swansea, where the seat is located at Saint Joseph's Cathedral. [1]

The Vicariate Apostolic of Wales was elevated to diocese status on 12 May 1898. The present territory of the Diocese dates from the restructuring of the Province of Cardiff by Pope John Paul II on 12 February 1987. The seat of Bishop was vacant following the retirement of Rt. Reverend Thomas Burns, S.M. in July 2019. The Diocese was overseen by the Apostolic Administrator The Most Reverend Archbishop George Stack of the Archdiocese of Cardiff. Following Stack's retirement in 2022, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Mark O’Toole as metropolitan archbishop of Cardiff and bishop of Menevia, Wales, uniting the two sees in persona Episcopi. [2]

The estimated Catholic population of the Diocese is 26,266 out of a total population of 788,550 (3.3%).

List of the bishops of Menevia and its precursor office

Ancient Diocese of Menevia

Vicars Apostolic of Wales

Vicars Apostolic of Wales
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
18951898 Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn Appointed Vicar Apostolic of Wales and Titular Bishop of Ascalon on 4 July 1895 and consecrated on 14 September 1895. Appointed Bishop of Menevia on 14 May 1898 when the district was elevated to a diocese. [3]

Bishop of Menevia

Bishops of Menevia
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
18981921 Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn Formerly Vicar Apostolic of Wales (1895–1898). Appointed Bishop of Menevia on 14 May 1898. Translated to the archbishopric of Cardiff on 7 March 1921. [3]
19211926See vacant
19261935 Francis John Vaughan Appointed bishop on 21 June 1926, consecrated on 8 September 1926, installed on 14 September 1926. Died in office on 13 March 1935. [4]
19351940 Michael Joseph McGrath Appointed bishop on 10 August 1935 and consecrated on 24 September 1935. Translated to the archbishopric of Cardiff on 20 June 1940. [5]
19411946 Daniel Joseph Hannon Appointed bishop on 15 March 1941 and consecrated on 1 May 1941. Died in office on 26 April 1946. [6]
19471972 John Edward Petit Appointed bishop on 8 February 1947 and consecrated on 25 March 1947. Retired on 16 June 1972 and died on 2 June 1973. [7]
19721981 Langton Douglas Fox Formerly an auxiliary bishop of Menevia (1965–1972). Appointed Bishop of Menevia on 16 June 1972. Resigned on 5 February 1981 and died on 26 July 1997. [8]
19811983 John Aloysius Ward Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia on 25 July 1980 and consecrated on 1 October 1980. Succeeded Bishop of Menevia on 5 February 1981. Translated to the archbishopric of Cardiff on 25 March 1983. [9]
19831987 James Hannigan Appointed bishop on 13 October 1983 and consecrated on 23 November 1983. Translated to the bishopric of Wrexham on 12 February 1987. [10]
19872001 Daniel Joseph Mullins Formerly an auxiliary bishop of Cardiff (1970–1987). Appointed Bishop of Menevia on 12 February 1987. Resigned on 12 June 2001. [11]
20012008 John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B. Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia and consecrated on 7 December 2000. Succeeded Bishop of Menevia on 12 June 2001. Retired on 16 October 2008. [12]
20082019 Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M. Previously Bishop of H.M. Forces (2013–2022). Appointed Bishop of Menevia on 22 October 2008 and installed on 1 December 2008. [13] Resigned 11 July 2019. [14]
20192022See vacant
2022Present Mark O'Toole Previously Bishop of Plymouth (2004–2008). Appointed Bishop of Menevia on 22 April 2022 and installed on 23 June 2022. Also appointed Archbishop of Cardiff, thereby merging the two dioceses in persona Episcopi - in the person of the Bishop. [15]

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  2. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 27.04.2022". Vatican. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Archbishop Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Bishop Francis John Vaughan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Archbishop Michael Joseph McGrath". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Bishop Daniel Joseph Hannon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "Bishop John Edward Petit". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "Bishop Langton Douglas Fox". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "Archbishop John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "Bishop James Hannigan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  11. ↑ "Bishop Daniel Joseph Mullins". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  12. ↑ "Bishop John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "Bishop Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  14. ↑ "Pope Francis accepts resignation of Bishop of Menevia". Independent Catholic News. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  15. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 27.04.2022". Vatican. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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