archbishop of cardiff

The Archbishop of Cardiff is the Ordinary of the Archdiocese of Cardiff. The archdiocese covers an area of 3,064 km² of the traditional counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and eastern Glamorganshire (the western part forms part of the diocese of Menevia). The Metropolitan See is in the City of Cardiff where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint David. The Catholic Diocese of Newport (formerly the Diocese of Newport and Menevia) was elevated to archdiocese status as the Archdiocese of Cardiff on 7 February 1916. The current archbishop is the Right Reverend Peter Smith, the 6th Archbishop of Cardiff.

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small>5 June 1840 to 12 April 1880	Bishop Thomas Joseph Brown, OSB, Vicar Apostolic of the Wales District	Priest of theOrder of Saint Benedict; becoming Bishop
small>5 June 1840 to 12 April 1880	Thomas Joseph Brown, OSB, Bishop of Newport and Menevia	Hitherto Vicar Apostolic; died in office
small>23 March 1855 to 21 March 1873	Franois Alexandre Roullet de la Bouillerie, Bishop of Cardiff	Priest of Paris; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux
small>18 February 1881 to 1895	John Cuthbert Hedley, OSB, Bishop of Newport and Menevia	Auxiliary Bishop of Newport and Menevia; becoming Bishop of Newport
small>1895 to 11 November 1915	John Cuthbert Hedley, OSB, Bishop of Newport	Hitherto Bishop of Newport and Menevia; died in office
small>7 February 1916 to 16 December 1920	James Romanus Bilsborrow, OSB, Archbishop of Cardiff	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius; resigned
small>7 March 1921 to 25 October 1939	Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn	Bishop of Menevia; died in office
small>20 June 1940 to 28 February 1961	Michael Joseph McGrath	Bishop of Menevia; died in office
small>22 August 1961 to 25 March 1983	John Aloysius Murphy	Bishop of Shrewsbury; retired
small>25 March 1983 to 26 October 2001	John Aloysius Ward, OFM Cap.	Bishop of Menevia; resigned
small>26 October 2001 to present	Peter Smith	Bishop of East Anglia