Archdiocese of Cardiff

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Bishop(s) Mark Anthony O’Toole, Archbishop George Stack, Archbishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Menevia Wrexham

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 7 February 1916 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Wales Region: Great Britain Square Kilometers: 3,064 (1,183 Square Miles) Description: Counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, with Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff City, Merthyr Tydfil, Newport City, Rhonnda Cynon Taff, Torfaen, and Vale of Glamorgan. Official Web Site: https://rcadc.org/ Mailing Address: Archbishop's House, 41-43 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF11 9HD, Wales, Great Britain Telephone: (029)20.220.411 Fax: 20.379.036

Historical Details

• Vicariate Apostolic of Wales District
  • Erected: 3 July 1840
  • Country: Wales
  • Region: Great Britain
  • Description: Counties of Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, and the Principality of Wales.

• Diocese of Newport and Menevia
  • Latin Name: Neoportensis et Menevensis
  • Elevated: 29 September 1850
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Westminster
  • Country: Wales
  • Region: Great Britain
  • Description: Counties of Brecknockshire, Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire, with Monmouthshire and Herefordshire.

• Diocese of Newport
  • Latin Name: Neoportensis
  • Name Changed: 4 March 1895
  • Country: Wales
  • Region: Great Britain
  • Description: Counties of Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, and Herefordshire.

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B. † (3 Jul 1840 Appointed - 12 Apr 1880 Died)
• John Edward Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B. † (18 Feb 1881 Appointed - 11 Nov 1915 Died)
• James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. † (7 Feb 1916 Appointed - 16 Dec 1920 Resigned)
• Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn † (7 Mar 1921 Appointed - 25 Oct 1939 Died)
• Michael Joseph Lawrence McGrath † (20 Apr 1940 Appointed - 28 Feb 1961 Died)
• John Aloysius Murphy † (22 Aug 1961 Appointed - 25 Mar 1983 Retired)
• John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. † (25 Mar 1983 Appointed - 26 Oct 2001 Resigned)
• Peter David Gregory Smith † (26 Oct 2001 Appointed - 30 Apr 2010 Appointed, Archbishop of Southwark, England)
• George Stack (19 Apr 2011 Appointed - 27 Apr 2022 Retired)
• Mark Anthony O’Toole (27 Apr 2022 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Vicariate Apostolic of Wales District
3 July 1840	Erected	Vicariate Apostolic of Western District	Vicariate Apostolic of Wales District (erected)
29 September 1850	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Central District Vicariate Apostolic of Lancashire District Vicariate Apostolic of Wales District	Diocese of Shrewsbury (erected)
Diocese of Newport and Menevia
29 September 1850	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Wales District	Diocese of Newport and Menevia
4 March 1895	Territory Lost	Diocese of Newport and Menevia Diocese of Shrewsbury	Vicariate Apostolic of Wales (erected)
Diocese of Newport
4 March 1895	Name Changed	Diocese of Newport and Menevia	Diocese of Newport
Archdiocese of Cardiff
7 February 1916	Elevated	Diocese of Newport	Archdiocese of Cardiff

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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
Archdiocese of Cardiff
1950	93,829	1,772,289	5.3%	114	62	176	533		13	357	85	ap1951
1957	88,734	1,772,289	5.0%	124	71	195	455		87	443	85	ap1960
1969	105,449	1,887,000	5.6%	121	66	187	563		87	396	98	ap1971
1980	106,217	1,868,106	5.7%	109	69	178	596		91	344	102	ap1981
1990	90,522	1,423,949	6.4%	93	64	157	576	1	75	210	82	ap1991
1999	83,023	1,596,100	5.2%	80	46	126	658	1	50	157	79	ap2000
2000	83,900	1,596,200	5.3%	79	51	130	645	1	54	146	79	ap2001
2001	79,191	1,598,944	5.0%	75	51	126	628	1	54	144	79	ap2002
2002	79,214	1,608,750	4.9%	71	50	121	654	1	54	143	79	ap2003
2003	87,942	1,568,500	5.6%	68	44	112	785	1	49	132	79	ap2004
2004	86,536	1,398,203	6.2%	71	43	114	759	1	46	128	78	ap2005
2006	82,211	1,413,000	5.8%	69	39	108	761	1	42	96	74	ap2007
2010	144,960	1,510,000	9.6%	62	32	94	1,542	16	34	123	60	ap2011
2013	144,000	1,500,500	9.6%	50	29	79	1,822	21	31	115	58	ap2014
2016	147,300	1,535,000	9.6%	45	25	70	2,104	19	27	101	59	ap2017
2019	131,280	1,556,940	8.4%	50	21	71	1,849	19	26	83	59	ap2020
2021	132,450	1,570,830	8.4%	44	21	65	2,037	20	33	69	59	ap2022

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Peter Gwilym Collins (Priest: 14 Jul 1984 to 11 Oct 2022)
• Mark Anthony O’Toole (Archbishop: 27 Apr 2022 - )
• Edwin Regan (Priest: 5 Jul 1959 to 7 Nov 1994)
• George Stack (Archbishop: 19 Apr 2011 to 27 Apr 2022)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 7 Feb 1916 to 16 Dec 1920)
• Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B. † (Vicar Apostolic: 3 Jul 1840; Bishop: 29 Sep 1850 to 12 Apr 1880)
• Daniel Joseph Hannon † (Priest: 22 Sep 1907 to 15 Mar 1941)
• John Edward Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jul 1873; Bishop: 18 Feb 1881 to 11 Nov 1915)
• James C. Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. †
• Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap. †
• David James Mathew † (Priest: 25 Jun 1929 to 3 Dec 1938)
• Michael Joseph Lawrence McGrath † (Archbishop: 20 Apr 1940 to 28 Feb 1961)
• Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn † (Archbishop: 7 Mar 1921 to 25 Oct 1939)
• Daniel Joseph Mullins † (Priest: 12 Apr 1953; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Feb 1970 to 12 Feb 1987)
• John Aloysius Murphy † (Archbishop: 22 Aug 1961 to 25 Mar 1983)
• Peter David Gregory Smith † (Archbishop: 26 Oct 2001 to 30 Apr 2010)
• Francis John Vaughan † (Priest: 5 Jul 1903 to 21 Jun 1926)
• John Stephen Vaughan †
• John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. † (Archbishop: 25 Mar 1983 to 26 Oct 2001)

Source(s)

Vicariate Apostolic of Wales District Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 203 Diocese of Newport and Menevia Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 203

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