Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff, United Kingdom

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cardiff (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Peter David Smith (66)
(2001.10.26 – ...)

Born:	1943.10.20 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1972.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.05.27

Bishop of East Anglia (United Kingdom) (1995.03.21 – 2001.10.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (United Kingdom) (2001.10.26 – ...)

Archbishop John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap.
(1983.03.25 – 2001.10.26)

Born:	1929.01.24 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1953.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.10.01
Died:	2007.03.27 († 78)

Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia (United Kingdom) (1980.07.25 – 1981.02.05)

Bishop of Menevia (United Kingdom) (1981.02.05 – 1983.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (United Kingdom) (1983.03.25 – 2001.10.26)

Archbishop John Aloysius Murphy
(1961.08.22 – 1983.03.25)

Born:	1905.12.21 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1931.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.02.25
Died:	1995.11.18 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Appia (1948.02.07 – 1949.06.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Shrewsbury (United Kingdom) (1948.02.07 – 1949.06.03)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (United Kingdom) (1949.06.03 – 1961.08.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (United Kingdom) (1961.08.22 – 1983.03.25)

Archbishop Michael Joseph McGrath
(1940.06.20 – 1961.02.28)

Born:	1882.03.24 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1908.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.09.24
Died:	1961.02.28 († 78)

Bishop of Menevia (United Kingdom) (1935.08.10 – 1940.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (United Kingdom) (1940.06.20 – 1961.02.28)

Archbishop Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn
(1921.03.07 – 1939.10.25)

Born:	1860.08.06 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1884.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.09.14
Died:	1939.10.25 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Ascalon (1895.07.04 – 1898.05.14)

Bishop of Menevia (United Kingdom) (1895.07.04 – 1898.05.14)

Bishop of Menevia (United Kingdom) (1898.05.14 – 1921.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (United Kingdom) (1921.03.07 – 1939.10.25)

Archbishop James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B.
(1916.02.07 – 1920.12.16)

Born:	1862.08.27 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1889.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.02.24
Died:	1931.06.19 († 68)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1910.09.13 – 1916.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (United Kingdom) (1916.02.07 – 1920.12.16)

Titular Archbishop of Cius (1920.12.16 – 1931.06.19)

Bishops of Newport (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B.
(1895 – 1915.11.11)

Born:	1837.04.15 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1862.10.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1873.09.29
Died:	1915.11.11 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis (1873.07.22 – 1881.02.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Newport and Menevia (United Kingdom) (1873.07.22 – 1881.02.18)

Bishop of Newport and Menevia (United Kingdom) (1881.02.18 – 1895)

Bishop of Newport (United Kingdom) (1895 – 1915.11.11)

Bishops of Newport and Menevia (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B.
(1881.02.18 – 1895)

(see above)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B.
(1850.09.29 – 1880.04.12)

Born:	1796.05.02 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1823.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1840.10.28
Died:	1880.04.12 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Apollonia (1840.06.05 – 1850.09.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Wales District (United Kingdom) (1840.06.05 – 1850.09.29)

Bishop of Newport and Menevia (United Kingdom) (1850.09.29 – 1880.04.12)

Vicars Apostolic of Wales District (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B.
(1840.06.05 – 1850.09.29)

(see above)

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