Diocese of Menevia

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Bishop(s) John Mark Jabalé, O.S.B., Bishop Daniel Joseph Mullins, Bishop Emeritus

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Elevated: 12 May 1898 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cardiff Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Wales Region: Great Britain Square Kilometers: 9,716 (3,752 Square Miles) Description: Comprising: '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. Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseofmenevia.org/ Mailing Address: 27 Convent Street, Greenhill, Swansea, W. Glam., SA1 2BX, Wales, Great Britian Telephone: (01792)64.40.17 Fax: 45.86.41

Historical Details

• Vicariate Apostolic of Wales
  • Erected: 1895
  • Vicariate
  • Country: Wales
  • Region: Great Britain

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn † (4 Jul 1895 Appointed - 7 Mar 1921 Appointed, Archbishop of Cardiff)
• Francis Joseph Vaughan † (21 Jun 1926 Appointed - 13 Mar 1935 Died)
• Michael Joseph McGrath † (10 Aug 1935 Appointed - 20 Jun 1940 Appointed, Archbishop of Cardiff)
• Daniel Joseph Hannon † (15 Mar 1941 Appointed - 26 Apr 1946 Died)
• John Edward Petit † (8 Feb 1947 Appointed - 16 Jun 1972 Retired)
• Langton Douglas Fox † (16 Jun 1972 Appointed - 5 Feb 1981 Resigned)
• John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. † (5 Feb 1981 Succeeded - 25 Mar 1983 Appointed, Archbishop of Cardiff)
• James Hannigan † (13 Oct 1983 Appointed - 12 Feb 1987 Appointed, Bishop of Wrexham)
• Daniel Joseph Mullins (12 Feb 1987 Appointed - 12 Jun 2001 Resigned)
• John Mark Jabalé, O.S.B. (12 Jun 2001 Succeeded - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Vicariate Apostolic of Wales
1895	Erected	Diocese of Newport and Menevia Diocese of Shrewsbury	Vicariate Apostolic of Wales (erected)
Diocese of Menevia
12 May 1898	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Wales	Diocese of Menevia
12 February 1987	Territory Lost	Diocese of Menevia	Diocese of Wrexham (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Menevia
1948	20,003	932,480	2.1%	64	132	196	102		96	378	61	ap1951
1969	37,933	969,616	3.9%	90	105	195	194		113	504	67	ap1971
1980	43,000	978,000	4.4%	71	72	143	300	1	75	304	67	ap1981
1990	31,351	775,300	4.0%	39	20	59	531		27	178	62	ap1991
1999	28,764	611,679	4.7%	35	22	57	504		32	129	61	ap2000
2000	29,391	611,679	4.8%	36	22	58	506		32	138	61	ap2001
2001	28,260	785,553	3.6%	34	26	60	471		35	132	61	ap2002
2002	26,655	787,700	3.4%	33	28	61	436		35	123	61	ap2003
2003	26,867	782,800	3.4%	32	27	59	455		34	117	60	ap2004
2004	26,266	788,550	3.3%	30	28	58	452		34	116	60	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops

• Langton Douglas Fox † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Oct 1965; Bishop: 16 Jun 1972 to 5 Feb 1981)
• James Hannigan † (Priest: 27 Jun 1954; Bishop: 13 Oct 1983 to 12 Feb 1987)
• Daniel Joseph Hannon † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1941 to 26 Apr 1946)
• John Mark Jabalé, O.S.B. (Coadjutor Bishop: 7 Nov 2000; Bishop: 12 Jun 2001)
• Michael Joseph McGrath † (Bishop: 10 Aug 1935 to 20 Jun 1940)
• Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn † (Vicar Apostolic: 4 Jul 1895; Bishop: 14 May 1898 to 7 Mar 1921)
• Daniel Joseph Mullins (Bishop: 12 Feb 1987 to 12 Jun 2001)
• John Edward Petit † (Bishop: 8 Feb 1947 to 16 Jun 1972)
• Edwin Regan (Priest: 5 Jul 1959 to 7 Nov 1994)
• Francis Joseph Vaughan † (Bishop: 21 Jun 1926 to 13 Mar 1935)
• John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 25 Jul 1980; Bishop: 5 Feb 1981 to 25 Mar 1983)