The Bishop of Swansea and Brecon is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.
The diocese covers the City and County of Swansea and the ancient counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Evangelist in the town of Brecon, which has been a parish church since the Reformation, becoming elevated to cathedral status in 1923. The diocese is administered from Brecon, with an additional office in Swansea.[1]
The Bishop's residence is Ely Tower, Brecon. The office was created in 1923 at the founding of the diocese,[2] an area stretching south to the coast of Gower and north into much of mid-Wales. Immediately prior to the diocese's erection, the first bishop, Edward Bevan, had served as Bishop of Swansea, a suffragan in the Diocese of St Davids.[3]
It was announced on 4 November 2021 that John Lomas, Archdeacon of Wrexham had been appointed as the 10th Bishop of Swansea and Brecon.[4] His election was confirmed at a Sacred Synod in Wrexham on 22 November 2021.[citation needed]
^"The Diocese of Swansea and Brecon". Church in Wales. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^E. B. Pryde; D. E. Greenway; S. Porter; I. Roy (23 February 1996). Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge University Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5.
^Welsh icons (Archived 24 February 2012; accessed 7 October 2017)
^"Former Navy aircraft engineer appointed Bishop". Church in Wales. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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