Bishop of Menevia

The Bishop of Menevia is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia in the Province of Cardiff .

The diocese covers an area of 9,716 km² of The City and County of Swansea , the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot , the Counties of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire and the Borough of Brecknock and the District of Radnor in the County of Powys. The see is in the City of Swansea where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Joseph .

The Vicariate Apostolic of Wales was elevated to diocese status on 12 May 1898. The current bishop is the Right Reverend John Mark Jabalé , OSB, the 10th Bishop of Menevia.

List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia, Wales and its precursor offices

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
Vicariate Apostolic of Wales
4 July 1895 to 14 May 1898	Bishop Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn , Vicar Apostolic of Wales	Priest; becoming Bishop of Menevia
Diocese of Menevia
14 May 1898 to 7 March 1921	Bishop Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn , Bishop of Menevia	Hitherto Vicar Apostolic; appointed Archbishop of Cardiff
21 June 1926 to 13 March 1935	Francis J. Vaughan	Priest; ordained 8 September 1926; died in office
10 August 1935 to 20 June 1940	Michael Joseph McGrath	Priest; ordained 24 September 1935; appointed Archbishop of Cardiff
15 March 1941 to 26 April 1946	Daniel Joseph Hannon	Priest; ordained 1 May 1941; died in office
8 February 1947 to 16 June 1972	John Edward Petit	Priest; 25 March 1947; retired
16 June 1972 to 5 February 1981	Langton Douglas Fox	Auxiliary Bishop of Menevia; resigned
5 February 1981 to 25 March 1983	John Aloysius Ward , OFM Cap.	Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia; appointed Archbishop of Cardiff
13 October 1983 to 12 February 1987	James Hannigan	Priest of Menevia; ordained 23 November 1983; appointed Bishop of Wrexham
12 February 1987 to 12 June 2001	Daniel Joseph Mullins	Auxiliary Bishop of Cardiff; resigned
12 June 2001 to present	John Mark Jabalé , OSB	Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia

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List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia, Wales and its precursor offices

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