Diocese of Swansea and Brecon

Diocese of Swansea and Brecon

Esgobaeth Abertawe ac Aberhonddu
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon
Coat of arms
Flag of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon
Flag
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceWales
ArchdeaconriesBrecon, Gower
Statistics
Parishes75 (est)
Information
CathedralBrecon Cathedral
Current leadership
BishopJohn Lomas
Map
Map of the dioceses in the Church in Wales
Map of the dioceses in the Church in Wales
Website
swanseaandbrecon.churchinwales.org.uk//

The Diocese of Swansea and Brecon is a Diocese of the Church in Wales, established in 1923 with Brecon Priory as the cathedral. The area of the diocese had formerly been the Archdeaconry of Brecon within the Diocese of St Davids. The diocese has a border with each of the other five Welsh dioceses, as well as with the English Diocese of Hereford.

Edward Latham Bevan was made Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of St Davids as Bishop of Swansea in 1915, and in 1923 he was elected as the first Bishop of the new diocese.