Bishop of Monmouth

The Bishop of Monmouth is the Ordinary of in the Church in Wales Diocese of Monmouth.

Related Topics:
Bishop - Monmouth - Ordinary - Church in Wales - Diocese of Monmouth

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The see is in the City of Newport where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Woolos which was elevated to cathedral status in 1921.

Related Topics:
See - City of Newport - Cathedral Church of Saint Woolos

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The Bishop's residence is Bishopstow, Newport.

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The office was created at the separation of the Church in Wales from the established Church of England in 1921 when the first bishop was appointed. 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, Rt Rev 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.

Related Topics:
Church of England - 1921 - Dominic Walker - Reading - Rowan Williams - Archbishop of Canterbury

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