The Diocese of Monmouth is a diocese of the Church in Wales. Despite the name, its cathedral is located not in

Monmouth Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. I ...

but in

Newport Newport most commonly refers to: *Newport, Wales *Newport, Rhode Island, US Newport or New Port may also refer to: Places Asia *Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay Europe Ireland *Newport, County Mayo, a town on the ...

— the Cathedral Church of St Woolos. Reasons for not choosing the title of Newport included the existence of a Catholic Bishop of Newport until 1916. This apparent anomaly arose in 1921 when the diocese was created (from the eastern part of the Diocese of Llandaff) with no location for the cathedral yet chosen. Various options were being considered, such as restoring Tintern Abbey, building from scratch on Ridgeway Hill in Newport, and (the eventual choice) upgrading

St Woolos ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy ...

, then a parish church; in the meantime the new diocese, as it covers more or less the territory of the county of

, was named the "Diocese of Monmouth". Prior to 1921 the area had been the archdeaconry of Monmouth. It is headed by

Cherry Vann Cherry Elizabeth Vann (born 29 October 1958) is a British Anglican bishop serving as Bishop of Monmouth in the Church in Wales. She previously served as Archdeacon of Rochdale from 2008 to 2020, having served all of her ordained ministry with t ...

Bishop of Monmouth The Bishop of Monmouth is the diocesan bishop of the Church in Wales Diocese of Monmouth. The episcopal see covers the historic county of Monmouthshire with the bishop's seat located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Woolos in Newport, whi ...

. She was elected the eleventh bishop in September 2019 and enthroned in Newport Cathedral on 1 February 2020. In its own words, the diocese "covers the south east corner of Wales, from

south to Chepstow, westwards along the ' M4 corridor' to

and the outskirts of Cardiff, northwards into the south eastern valleys and east into the rural areas around Usk,

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Abergavenny Abergavenny (; cy, Y Fenni , archaically ''Abergafenni'' meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a ''Gateway to Wales''; it is approximately from the border wi ...

and the Herefordshire border". In local government terms, the territory of the diocese covers the unitary authority areas of: *

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...

* Torfaen *

Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent (; ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw ...

(part) *

Caerphilly Caerphilly (, ; cy, Caerffili, ) is a town and community in Wales. It is situated at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley. It is north of Cardiff and northwest of Newport. It is the largest town in Caerphilly County Borough, and lies wit ...

(part) * Cardiff (part) * Herefordshire (part)

Archdeaconries and deaneries

At the Diocesan Conference, October 2017, the creation of a third archdeaconry — Gwent Valleys — from the two deaneries of Bedwellty and of Pontypool, was approved.

List of archdeacons

Archdeacons of Monmouth

The archdeaconry of Monmouth was erected, from the Llandaff archdeaconry, in the Diocese of Llandaff on 6 February 1844. *26 February 1844 – 1885 (ret.):

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*1885–1914 (res.): William Conybeare Bruce *1914–1921 (res.): Charles Green :''From its creation in 1921, the archdeaconry has been in Monmouth diocese.'' *1922–1926 (d.): David Griffiths *1926–1930 (res.):

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*1930–1940 (res.):

Alfred Monahan Alfred Edwin Monahan (1877–1945) was the Anglican Bishop of Monmouth from 1940 until his death in 1945.

*1940–1954: Samuel Davies *1955–1963: Joseph Ralph Jones *1963–1973: Ernest Evans *1973–1976: Cecil Percival Willis *1976–1977 (res.): Clifford Wright *1977–1986 (res.):

Barrie Evans (John) Barrie Evans (1923-2009) was a senior Welsh Anglican priest. Evans was educated at St David's College, Lampeter, St Edmund Hall, Oxford and St Michael's College, Llandaff. He was ordained deacon in 1951 and priest in 1952. After a curacy ...

*1986–1993 (res.):

Keith Tyte Keith Arthur Edwin Tyte (1931-2002) was a senior Welsh Anglican priest. Tyte was educated at St David's College, Lampeter. After curacies in Mynyddislwyn and Llanfrechfa he was Vicar of Bettws from 1964 to 1971; Griffithstown from 1971 to 1977; ...

*1993–2001:

Peter Woodman Peter Woodman (2 July 1943 – 24 January 2017) was an Irish archaeologist specialising in the Mesolithic period in Ireland. He was a professor emeritus at University College Cork and a former keeper of the Ulster Museum. Education and ca ...

*2001–2008:

Glyndwr Hackett (Ronald) Glyndwr Hackett (born 1947) is a Welsh Anglican priest. Hackett was educated at Hatfield College, Durham and Ripon College, Cuddesdon. He was ordained in 1973 and served curacies in Pembroke and Bassaleg. Hackett held incumbencies in Bla ...

*2008–2013 (res.): Richard Pain *24 November 201312 March 2021:

Ambrose Mason Thomas Henry Ambrose Mason (born 1951) is a retired Welsh Anglican priest: he was Archdeacon of Monmouth from 2013 until 2021. Career A former solicitor, he trained at Oak Hill College and was ordained in 1987. He attended The King's School, M ...

*20 June 2021present:

Ian Rees The Diocese of Monmouth is a diocese of the Church in Wales. Despite the name, its cathedral is located not in Monmouth but in Newport — the Cathedral Church of St Woolos. Reasons for not choosing the title of Newport included the existence of ...

Archdeacons of Newport

The archdeaconry of Newport was created from the Monmouth archdeaconry in 1930. *1931–1935: the Dean of Monmouth provisionally *1935–1948 (ret.): Vaughan Rees *1948–1953 (d.):

Thomas Parry Pryce Thomas Parry-Pryce was a Welsh Anglican priest, most notably the second Archdeacon of Newport. Parry-Pryce was educated at St David's College, Lampeter and ordained deacon and priest in 1906. After a curacy at Blaenavon he held incumbencies ...

*1953–1964 (ret.): Charles Lewis (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1964–1973: Ivor Philips *1973–1976: Ernest Evans *1976–1977: (d) Cecil Percival Willis *1977–1986 (res.): Clifford Wright *1986–1993 (ret.):

*1993–1997 (ret.):

*1997–2008:

Kenneth Sharpe Kenneth William Sharpe (b 1940) was a senior Welsh Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Newport from 1997 to 2008. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/9: p734 London, Church House, 2008 Sharpe was educated at St David's College, Lampete ...

*2008–2012:

*9 September 2012–present: Jonathan Williams :''Newport archdeaconry was split in 2018 to create Gwent Valleys archdeaconry''

Archdeacons of the Gwent Valleys

The archdeaconry was erected from Newport archdeaconry in 2018. *7 July 2018July 2021 (d.):Diocese of Monmouth — Tribute to Pinnington
(Accessed 25 July 2021) Sue Pinnington *19 June 2022 : Stella Bailey(Archive accessed 13 March 2022)
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List of churches

Deanery of Abergavenny

Closed churches in the area

Deanery of Monmouth

Closed churches in this area

Deanery of Netherwent

Closed churches in the area

Deanery of Raglan-Usk

Closed churches in this area

Deanery of Bassaleg

Closed churches in this area

Deanery of Newport

Closed churches in this area

Deanery of Bedwellty

Closed churches in this area

Deanery of Pontypool

Closed churches in the area

Dedications

This table is drawn from the above lists.

References

External links

Diocese of Monmouth
{{authority control History of Monmouthshire Dioceses of the Church in Wales Organisations based in Newport, Wales

Archdeaconries and deaneries

List of archdeacons

Archdeacons of Monmouth

Archdeacons of Newport

Archdeacons of the Gwent Valleys

List of churches

Deanery of Abergavenny

Closed churches in the area

Deanery of Monmouth

Closed churches in this area

Deanery of Netherwent

Closed churches in the area

Deanery of Raglan-Usk

Closed churches in this area

Deanery of Bassaleg

Closed churches in this area

Deanery of Newport

Closed churches in this area

Deanery of Bedwellty

Closed churches in this area

Deanery of Pontypool

Closed churches in the area

Dedications

See also

References

External links