Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia Archidioecesis Cardiffensis-Menevensis Archesgobaeth Caerdydd-Mynyw | |
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Location | |
Country | Wales and England |
Territory | South Wales and Herefordshire |
Ecclesiastical province | Cardiff |
Coordinates | 51°36′00″N 2°56′46″W / 51.600°N 2.946°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,064 km2 (1,183 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 1,556,940 131,280 (8.4%) |
Parishes | 59 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1850 (As Diocese of Newport and Menevia) 1916 (Elevated to Archdiocese of Cardiff) |
Cathedral | St David's Cathedral, Cardiff |
Secular priests | 62 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mark O'Toole |
Vicar General | Paul Watson and Brian Gray |
Judicial Vicar | Matthew Jones |
Bishops emeritus | George Stack |
Map | |
The Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia, shown in green, within the Province of Cardiff. | |
Website | |
rcadc.org |
The Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia (Latin: Archidioecesis Cardiffensis-Menevensis; Welsh: Archesgobaeth Caerdydd-Mynyw) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church which covers south Wales and the county of Herefordshire in England. The Metropolitan Province of Cardiff covers all of Wales and parts of England. Cardiff's one suffragan diocese is the Diocese of Wrexham.