Bishop of Monmouth
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The Bishop of Monmouth is the diocescan bishop of the Church in Wales Diocese of Monmouth.
Despite the name, the see is not in Monmouth but the city of Newport, site of the Cathedral Church of Saint Woolos which was elevated to cathedral status in 1921.
The Bishop's residence is Bishopstow, Newport.
The diocese is one of two new ones founded in 1921 when the Church in Wales became independent of the established Church of England. The current Bishop is the Right Reverend Dominic Walker, OGS, the 9th Bishop of Monmouth, who was previously Area Bishop of Reading in the Church of England. His predecessor, the Most Reverend Dr. Rowan Williams, was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002 - the first Welsh bishop to hold that post since the English Reformation in the sixteenth century. He was also the Archbishop of Wales at the time of his appointment to Canterbury and was styled as "The Most Reverend Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Monmouth."
[edit] List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Monmouth
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 to 1928 | Charles Alfred Howell Green | |
| 1928 to 1940 | Gilbert Cunningham Joyce | previously Archdeacon of St David's |
| 1940 to 1945 | Alfred Edwin Monahan | previously Archdeacon of Monmouth |
| 1945 to December 1967 | Alfred Edwin Morris, DD | Archbishop of Wales 1957–1967 |
| 1968 to 1971 | Eryl Stephen Thomas | previously Dean of Llandaff; translated to Llandaff |
| 1972 to summer 1986 | Derrick Greenslade Childs | previously Principal of Trinity College, Carmarthen; Archbishop of Wales 1983–1986; retired |
| 1986 to 1991 | Royston Clifford Wright, BA | previously Archdeacon of Newport; retired |
| 1991 to 2002 | Rowan Douglas Williams | previously Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford and canon of Christ Church; consecrated at Saint Asaph Cathedral on 14 May 1992; Archbishop of Wales 1999–2002; translated to Canterbury |
| 2003 to present | Dominic Walker, OGS | previously Area Bishop of Reading |
[edit] Sources
- Whitaker's Almanack to 2004 Joseph Whitaker & Sons Ltd/A&C Black, London
