Diocese of Monmouth
| Diocese of Monmouth Church in Wales | |
| Province: | Wales |
|---|---|
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 Newport Cathedral | |
| Bishop: | Richard Pain |
| Cathedral: | Newport Cathedral |
| Organisation | |
| Archdeaconries: | Monmouth, Newport |
| Details | |
| Website: | Diocese of Monmouth |
The Diocese of Monmouth is a diocese of the Church in Wales headed by the Bishop of Monmouth. The diocese covers Monmouthshire. Notwithstanding the name of the diocese, its cathedral is located not in Monmouth but in Newport.
The Diocese of Monmouth was created in 1921, shortly after the disestablishment of the Church in Wales. It was created out of the eastern part of the Diocese of Llandaff, which had been the archdeaconry of Monmouth, and thus covered the County of Monmouth.
At the time, the cathedral church had not yet been chosen; various options were considered, such as restoring Tintern Abbey, building from scratch on Ridgeway Hill in Newport, or upgrading St Woolos, then a parish church. The latter option was finally chosen.
The diocese has a border with five other dioceses; Llandaff, Swansea and Brecon, Hereford, Gloucester and a nominal border with Bristol in the Severn.
Cathedral
The Cathedral is the Cathedral Church of St Woolos, also known as Newport Cathedral.
Bishop
The Bishop's residence is Bishopstow, which is in central Newport.
The current Bishop is the Right Reverend Dominic Walker, who is the 9th Bishop of Monmouth, and who was previously the suffragan Bishop of Reading in the Church of England. His predecessor, Dr Rowan Williams, was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002; said to be the first Welsh bishop to hold that post since the English Reformation in the 16th century. Dr Williams was also the Archbishop of Wales at the time of his translation to Canterbury.
List of the Bishops of Monmouth
| Bishop of Monmouth [1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Incumbent | From | Until | Notes |
| 1 | Charles Green | 1921 | 1928 | Consecrated 21 December 1921; translated to Bangor 25 September 1928.[2] |
| 2 | Gilbert Joyce | 1928 | 1940 | Previously Archdeacon of St David's; conscecrated bishop 30 November 1928; resigned in April 1940; died 22 July 1942.[3] |
| 3 | Alfred Monahan | 1940 | 1945 | Previously Archdeacon of Monmouth; conscecrated bishop 24 August 1940; died 10 August 1945.[4] |
| 4 | Edwin Morris | 1945 | 1967 | Consecrated bishop 1 November 1945; also was Archbishop of Wales 1957–1967; resigned 31 December 1967.[5] |
| 5 | Eryl Thomas | 1968 | 1971 | Previously Dean of Llandaff; elected bishop 14 February and conscecrated 29 March 1968; translated to Llandaff 11 December 1971.[6] |
| 6 | Derrick Childs | 1972 | 1986 | Previously Principal of Trinity College, Carmarthen; elected bishop 25 January and conscecrated 23 May 1972; also was Archbishop of Wales 1983–1986; retired in the summer of 1986; died as result of a motor accident in 1987.[7] |
| 7 | Clifford Wright | 1986 | 1991 | Previously Archdeacon of Newport; elected and consecrated bishop in 1986; retired in 1991.[8] |
| 8 | Rowan Williams | 1991 | 2002 | Previously Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford and canon of Christ Church; elected bishop 5 December 1991 and consecrated 1 May 1992; also was Archbishop of Wales 1999–2002; translated to Canterbury in 2002.[9] |
| 9 | Dominic Walker | 2003 | 2013 | Previously Suffragan Bishop of Reading; elected bishop in December 2002 and enthroned 30 March 2003.[10] |
| 9 | Richard Pain | 2013 | Previously Archdeacon of Monmouth | |
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References
- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 295. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ↑ Charles Green. The Church in Wales. Retrieved on 5 February 2010.
- ↑ Gilbert Cunningham Joyce. The Church in Wales. Retrieved on 5 February 2010.
- ↑ Alfred Monahan. The Church in Wales. Retrieved on 5 February 2010.
- ↑ Alfred Morris. The Church in Wales. Retrieved on 5 February 2010.
- ↑ Eryl Thomas. The Church in Wales. Retrieved on 5 February 2010.
- ↑ Derrick Childs. The Church in Wales. Retrieved on 5 February 2010.
- ↑ Clifford Wright. The Church in Wales. Retrieved on 5 February 2010.
- ↑ Rowan Williams. The Church in Wales. Retrieved on 5 February 2010.
- ↑ Dominic Walker . The Church in Wales. Retrieved on 5 February 2010.
