Date | Event | From | To |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Wales | |||
4 March 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 |
28 October 1911 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Menevia (from Westminster to Birmingham) | |
7 February 1916 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Menevia (from Birmingham) | |
12 February 1987 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Menevia (Counties of Gwynedd, Clwyd, and the District of Montgomery in the County of Powys) | Diocese of Wrexham (erected) |
12 September 2024 | United | Archdiocese of Cardiff
Diocese of Menevia | Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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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 | |
2013 | 26,200 | 829,500 | 3.2% | 32 | 13 | 45 | 582 | 3 | 21 | 79 | 55 | ap2014 |
2016 | 28,254 | 834,634 | 3.4% | 37 | 10 | 47 | 601 | 3 | 17 | 66 | 54 | ap2017 |
2019 | 28,400 | 841,053 | 3.4% | 38 | 12 | 50 | 568 | 3 | 18 | 63 | 52 | ap2020 |
2021 | 27,500 | 846,763 | 3.2% | 37 | 13 | 50 | 550 | 3 | 18 | 54 | 53 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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