Diocese of Menevia Dioecesis Menevensis Esgobaeth Mynyw | |
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Location | |
Country | Wales |
Territory | Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Brecknock and Radnor |
Ecclesiastical province | Cardiff |
Coordinates | 52°00′29″N4°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 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 12 May 1898 |
Cathedral | Swansea Cathedral |
Secular priests | 30 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mark O'Toole |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mark O'Toole |
Vicar General | Joseph Cefai |
Bishops emeritus | John Peter Mark Jabalé Thomas Matthew Burns |
Map | |
Diocese of Menevia within the Province of Cardiff | |
Website | |
menevia.org |
The Diocese of Menevia (Latin : Dioecesis Menevensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Wales. It is one of two suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cardiff and is subject to the Archdiocese of Cardiff.
On 12 May 1898, the Apostolic Vicariate of Wales was elevated to diocesan status and had its seat at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Wrexham [1] until 1987 when the Diocese of Wrexham was created.The Diocese of Menevia currently covers the area roughly that of the ancient Diocese of St Davids. [2] ("Menevia" was the Roman name for St Davids.) The Catholic diocese is currently led by an Archbishop Mark O'Toole who is also Archbishop of Cardiff. [3]
The sixth century bishop St Ismael is honoured on 16 June. [4]
In 2007, there were 27,561 Catholics in the diocese which was 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, [7] including three secondary schools:
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.
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:
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