Diocese of Menevia
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| Province | Cardiff | |
|---|---|---|
| Diocesan bishop | John Mark Jabalé | |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Church of St. Joseph | |
| Subdivisions | — | |
| Suffragan bishop(s) | unknown | |
| Parishes | 60 | |
| Membership | — | |
| Diocesan website | ||
The Diocese of Menevia is a Latin-rite Catholic diocese based on Swansea, Wales. There are a number of 26, 867 Catholics in the diocese, including 36 diocesan priests, 27 religious priests, 7 non-priest men religious and 117 women religious. There are 34 Catholic educational institutions in the diocecse. [1]
The diocese covers an area of 9,618 km² roughly consisting of the City and County of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot, the traditional counties of Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Radnorshire.
The see is in Swansea, where the seat is located at the Swansea Cathedral. There is also the Welsh National Shrine of Our Lady of Cardigan, situated in Cardigan.
The Vicariate Apostolic of Wales was elevated to diocese status on May 12, 1898. The current bishop is the Right Reverend John Mark Jabalé O.S.B., 10th Bishop of Menevia.
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- ^ Statistics taken from diocesan website (http://www.dioceseofmenevia.org/diocese/statistics.htm)
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