Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia
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Diocese of Menevia Dioecesis Menevensis Esgobaeth Mynyw |
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| Location | |
| Country | Wales |
| Territory | Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Brecknock and Radnor |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cardiff |
| Metropolitan | Cardiff |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 52°00′29″N 4°30′18″W / 52.008°N 4.505°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,310 km2 (3,590 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 829,500 26,200 (3.2%) |
| Parishes | 55 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 12 May 1898 |
| Cathedral | Swansea Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 30 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Thomas Matthew Burns |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | George Stack |
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| Episcopal Vicars | Maz Clyne |
| Emeritus Bishops |
John Peter Mark Jabalé Daniel Joseph Mullins |
| Map | |
 Diocese of Menevia within the Province of Cardiff |
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| Website | |
| dioceseofmenevia.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia is a Roman Catholic diocese in Swansea, Wales. It is one of three suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cardiff and is subject to the Archdiocese of Cardiff.
The Vicariate Apostolic of Wales was elevated to diocesan status on 12 May 1898 and had its seat at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows until 1987 when the Diocese of Wrexham was created. The current configuration of the Diocese of Menevia covers the area roughly that of the ancient Diocese of St David's. ("Menevia" was the Roman name for St David's.) The current bishop is the Right Reverend Thomas Matthew Burns S.M., the eleventh incumbent, who was appointed on 16 October 2008 to succeed the Right Reverend John Mark Jabalé O.S.B.
There are 27,561 Catholics in the diocese which is served by 34 diocesan priests, 19 religious priests, 9 non-ordained male religious and 100 female religious. There are 34 Catholic educational institutions in the diocese.
The geographic remit consists of the City and County of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot, and the traditional counties of Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Radnorshire - an area of 9,310 square kilometres (3,590 sq mi) roughly.
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