Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia

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Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia

Archidioecesis Cardiffensis-Menevensis

Archesgobaeth Caerdydd-Mynyw
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Coat of arms
Location
Country Wales and England
Territory South Wales and Herefordshire
Ecclesiastical province Cardiff
Coordinates 51°36′00″N2°56′46″W / 51.600°N 2.946°W / 51.600; -2.946
Statistics
Area3,064 km2 (1,183 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2019)
1,556,940
131,280 (8.4%)
Parishes59
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established1850
(As Diocese of Newport and Menevia)
1916
(Elevated to Archdiocese of Cardiff)
Cathedral St David's Cathedral, Cardiff
Secular priests 62
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Mark O'Toole
Vicar GeneralPaul Watson and Brian Gray
Judicial VicarMatthew Jones
Bishops emeritus George Stack
Map
Province of Cardiff-Menevia-it.png
The Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia, shown in green, within the Province of Cardiff.
Website
rcadc.org

The Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia (Latin : Archidioecesis Cardiffensis-Menevensis; Welsh : Archesgobaeth Caerdydd-Mynyw) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church which covers south Wales and the county of Herefordshire in England. The Metropolitan Province of Cardiff covers all of Wales and parts of England. Cardiff's one suffragan diocese is the Diocese of Wrexham.

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History

The origin of the modern diocese can be traced to 1840 when the Apostolic Vicariate of the Welsh District was created out of the Western District of England and Wales . The Welsh District consisted of the whole of Wales and the English county of Herefordshire. When Pope Pius IX judged that the time was right to re-establish the Catholic hierarchy in Wales and England in 1850, the southern half of the Welsh District became the Diocese of Newport and Menevia and was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. It had its pro-cathedral at Belmont Abbey. In 1895, boundaries were redrawn, and the territory covering Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Herefordshire was named the Diocese of Newport. Finally, in 1916, without further adjustment of boundaries, the territory was raised to the status of an archdiocese, and given the title Archdiocese of Cardiff. The episcopal seat is St David's Cathedral. [1]

Timeline

As all of the Roman Catholic dioceses in Wales are part of the ecclesiastical province of Cardiff the history of the archdiocese and its suffragan dioceses are intertwined:

Overview

The current ecclesiastical territory of the archdiocese comprises the Welsh principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen, the Vale of Glamorgan and the part of Powys comprising the historic counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire, with the English county of Herefordshire. Altogether there are 61 parishes.[ needs update ]

Bishops

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of the Welsh District

  • Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B. (Appointed on 5 June 1840 – Became Bishop of Newport and Menevia on 29 September 1850)

Bishops of Newport and Menevia

  • Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B. (Appointed on 29 September 1850 – Died on 12 April 1880)
  • John Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B. (Appointed on 18 February 1881 – from 1895, Bishop of Newport only – Died on 11 November 1915)

Archbishops of Cardiff

Archbishops of Cardiff-Menevia

  • Mark O'Toole (12 September 2024 – present)

Auxiliary Bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Deaneries

There are a total of six deaneries in the Archdiocese of Cardiff, each of which cover several churches in that area, overseen by a dean.

The deaneries include: [7]

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References

  1. Catholic Province of Cardiff Wales and Herefordshire – Directory and Yearbook 2011 published December 2010 by authority of the Bishops of Wales – see page 8.
  2. 1 2 Obituary Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine from The Tablet retrieved 5 April 2014
  3. 1 2 3 Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1411804)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. History from Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire retrieved 5 April 2014
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 History from Cardiff Cathedral retrieved 5 April 2014
  6. "Resignations and Appointments (continued), 12.09.2024" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  7. Deaneries Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine from RCADC.co.uk, retrieved 25 March 2015