| Diocese of Menevia Dioecesis Menevensis Esgobaeth Mynyw |
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| Location | |
| Country | Wales |
| Territory | The City and County of Swansea, the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot, the Counties of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire and the Borough of Brecknock and the District of Radnor in the County of Powys |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cardiff |
| Metropolitan | Cardiff |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,716 km2 (3,751 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 788,550 26,266 (3.3%) |
| Parishes | 60 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 12 May 1898 |
| Cathedral | Swansea Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 30 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Bishop | Thomas Matthew Burns |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | George Stack |
| Vicars General |
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| Episcopal Vicars | Maz Clyne |
| Emeritus Bishops | |
| Map | |
Diocese of Menevia within the Province of Cardiff |
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| Website | |
| dioceseofmenevia.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church based in Swansea, Wales. There are 27,561 Catholics in the diocese which is served by 34 diocesan priests, 19 religious priests, 9 non-ordained male religious and 100 female religious. There are 34 Catholic educational institutions in the diocese.[1]
The diocese covers an area of 9,310 km² roughly consisting of the City and County of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot, and the traditional counties of Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Radnorshire.
The see is in Swansea, where the seat is located at Swansea Cathedral. Situated within the diocese is the Welsh National Shrine of Our Lady of Cardigan at Cardigan.
The Vicariate Apostolic of Wales was elevated to diocesan status on May 12, 1898. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Thomas Matthew Burns S.M., the eleventh incumbent, who was appointed on 16 October 2008 to succeed the Right Reverend John Mark Jabalé O.S.B.
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There are a total of five deaneries in the Diocese of Menevia, all of which cover several churches in that area, overseen by a dean.
The deaneries are:
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