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Metropolitan see Cardiff-Menevia, United Kingdom

Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia

Cardiffen(sis)-Meneven(sis)

The Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering south Wales and Herefordshire, created on 12 September 2024 by Pope Francis through the merger of the Archdiocese of Cardiff and the Diocese of Menevia. Its predecessor see was erected in 1850 as Newport and Menevia and elevated to the Archdiocese of Cardiff in 1916. Its seat is St David's Metropolitan Cathedral in Cardiff, with St Joseph's Co-Cathedral in Swansea.

On the map

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Cardiff-Menevia, United Kingdom, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
2024
Catholics
131,280
Priests
62
Territory
3,064 km²

Parishes and churches

138 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Mark O'Toole
Born
22 June 1963
Birthplace
London

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The cathedral

St David's Metropolitan Cathedral, Cardiff stands in Cardiff-Menevia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is St Joseph's Co-Cathedral, Swansea.

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History

South Wales and the English county of Herefordshire fall within the Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia (Latin: Archidioecesis Cardiffensis-Menevensis; Welsh: Archesgobaeth Caerdydd-Mynyw), a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church. The Metropolitan Province of Cardiff extends over all of Wales and parts of England, with the Diocese of Wrexham as its one suffragan see.

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