Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia is a Roman Catholic diocese in Wales. It is one of two suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cardiff and is subject to the Archdiocese of Cardiff.

History

The Apostolic Vicariate of Wales was elevated to diocesan status on 12 May 1898 and had its seat at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows until 1987 when the Diocese of Wrexham was created. The current configuration of the Diocese of Menevia covers the area roughly that of the ancient Diocese of St David's. The diocese is currently led by an Archbishop George Stack as apostolic administrator, following the retirement of the Right Reverend Thomas Matthew Burns S.M. on 11 July 2019.
The sixth century bishop St Ismael is honoured on 16 June.

Timeline

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.
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 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

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: