Roman Catholic Diocese of Newport and Menevia

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Newport (and Menevia) was the Latin Catholic precursor (1840-1916) in Wales and southwest England of the present Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff, with see in Newport, Wales, and was revived as Latin titular see.

History

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Episcopal ordinaries

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(all Roman Rite, both born in England)

Apostolic Vicar of the Welsh District
Suffragan Bishops of Newport and Menevia
  • Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B. (1850.09.29 – death 1880.04.12)
  • John Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B. (1881.02.18 – 1895 see below), succeeding as previous

Auxiliary Bishop of Newport and Menevia (1873.07.22 – 1881.02.18) and Titular Bishop of Cæsaropolis (1873.07.22 – 1881.02.18)

Suffragan Bishops of Newport
  • John Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B. (see above 1895 – death 1915.11.11).

Titular see

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The pre-Cardiff diocese was nominally restored in 1969 as Titular bishopric of Newport (Latin Neoportus).

It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank, with an archiepiscopal exception :[5]

References

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  1. ^ Obituary from The Tablet retrieved 5 April 2014
  2. ^ History from Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire retrieved 5 April 2014
  3. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1411804)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. ^ Catholic Province of Cardiff Wales and Herefordshire - Directory and Yearbook 2011 published December 2010 by authority of the Bishops of Wales - see page 8.
  5. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1255.htm GCatholic
  6. ^ "Death of Bishop Howard Tripp, former Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark - Archdiocese of Southwark". www.rcsouthwark.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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