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The Archbishop of Cardiff-Menevia is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia.
It previously was called the Archbishop of Cardiff, whose archdiocese covered an area of 1,183 square miles (3,060 km2) and spanned the historic counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and eastern Glamorganshire. The metropolitan see of the previous archdiocese was in the city of Cardiff where the archbishop's seat was located at the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St David.
With the exception of the second archbishop, Francis Mostyn, born in Flintshire and of local descent, the Welsh connections of the archbishops have been extremely weak. Ireland, London and the English provinces have supplied a majority.
The see is currently held by Mark O'Toole, the 1st Archbishop of Cardiff-Menevia. He was originally the 8th and last Archbishop of Cardiff, who was appointed by the Holy See on 27 April 2022 and installed at St David's Cathedral, Cardiff on 20 June 2022.




History


The Vicariate Apostolic of the Welsh District was created out of the Western District of England and Wales in 1840. The Welsh District covered all of the principality of Wales and the English county of Herefordshire. On the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales in 1850, the Welsh District was divided. The southern half became the Diocese of Newport and Menevia and the northern half became part of the Diocese of Shrewsbury. In 1895, the diocese lost territory on the creation of the Vicariate Apostolic of Wales, which became the diocese of Menevia in 1898. As a result, the see changed its name to simply the diocese of Newport. Following further reorganisation of the Catholic Church in Wales in 1916, the diocese of Newport was elevated to an ecclesiastical province and changed its name to the archdiocese of Cardiff. The archbishop has jurisdiction over the bishops of Menevia and Wrexham.
The Diocese of Menevia was merged into the Archdiocese of Cardiff, to become the Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia in 2024.




Office holders



The following is a list of the archbishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff and its precursor offices.




= Vicars Apostolic of the Welsh District

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= Bishops of Newport and Menevia

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In 1895, the episcopal title became simply the Bishop of Newport.




= Archbishops of Cardiff

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See also


Roman Catholicism in England and Wales




References






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• Archbishop of Cardiff-Menevia
• Bishop of Menevia
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia
• Mark O'Toole (bishop)
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia
• John Ward (archbishop of Cardiff)
• Francis Mostyn (archbishop of Cardiff)
• Catholic Church in England and Wales
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Newport and Menevia
• Michael McGrath (bishop)