The Bishop of Llandaff is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.
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Area of authority
The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (the site of a church wrongly said to have been founded in 560 by Saint Teilo), in the village of Llandaff, just north-west of the City of Cardiff. The Bishop's residence is Llys Esgob, The Cathedral Green, Llandaff in Cardiff.
Brief history
Originally Celtic Christians, the bishops became Roman Catholic from 777 and, since the Reformation of the 1530s, have been members of the Anglican Church in Wales. There is only evidence for the bishops being called 'Bishop of Llandaff' from the early 11th century. Before this, though still ministering to Glamorgan and Gwent, the bishops were called Bishop of Teilo and were almost certainly based at Llandeilo Abbey. The very early bishops were probably based in Ergyng. In medieval records, the bishop is sometimes referred to as the Archbishop of Llandaff. This appears to have been a simple reaction to the claim of St David's to the archiepiscopal title. The current Bishop of Llandaff is the Most Reverend Dr Barry Cennydd Morgan, Archbishop of Wales and 102nd Bishop of Llandaff, who signs Barry Landav. He is supported by the Assistant Bishop of Llandaff, the Right Reverend David Yeoman.
List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Llandaff
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Diocese of 'Glamorgan and Gwent' - Traditional list | ||
| 522 to c. 550 | Dyfrig | Bishop of Ergyng |
| c. 550 to c. 610 | Teilo | Bishop of Teilo |
| c. 650 to c. 700 | Oudoceus | |
| ??? to ??? | Ubylwinus | 7th century bishop, probably of Ergyng |
| ??? to ??? | Aedanus | 7th century bishop, probably of Ergyng |
| ??? to ??? | Elgistil | 7th century bishop, probably of Ergyng |
| ??? to ??? | Iunapeius | 7th century bishop, probably of Ergyng |
| ??? to ??? | Comergius | 7th century bishop, probably of Ergyng |
| ??? to ??? | Arwistil | 7th century bishop, probably of Ergyng |
| ??? to ??? | Gurvan | 8th century bishop, probably of Gwent |
| ??? to ??? | Guodloiu | 9th century bishop, probably of Gwent |
| ??? to ??? | Edilbinus | 9th century bishop, probably of Gwent |
| ??? to ??? | Grecielis | 9th century bishop, probably of Gwent |
| c. 700 to ??? | Berthwyn | Bishop of Teilo; succeeded Oudoceus according to the Llandaff Charters |
| ??? to ??? | Tyrchanus | |
| ??? to ??? | Elvogus | probably a mistake: Elfoddw, Bishop of Bangor |
| ??? to ??? | Catguaret | |
| ??? to ??? | Cerenhir | |
| ??? to 874 | Nobis | Bishop of Teilo; probably the same as the Bishop of St David's |
| 874 to ??? | Nudd | suggested 1st Bishop of Llandaff |
| ??? to 927 | Cimeliauc | |
| 927 to 929 | Libiau | |
| ??? to ??? | Wulfrith | |
| ??? to ??? | Pater | |
| ??? to 982 | Gugan | |
| 982 to 993 | Marcluith | |
| 993 to 1022 | Bledri | |
| Diocese of Llandaff | ||
| 1022 to 1059 | Joseph | |
| 1059 to 1107 | Herewald | |
| 1107 to 1134 | Urban | Archdeacon of Llandaff |
| 1134 to 1140 | vacant | For 6 years |
| 1140 to 1148 | Uhtred | |
| 1148 to 1183 | Nicholas ap Gwrgant | |
| 1186 to 1191 | William de Saltmarsh | |
| 1193 to 1218 | Henry de Abergavenny | Prior of Abergavenny |
| 1219 to 1229 | William de Goldcliff | |
| 1230 to 1240 | Elias de Radnor | |
| 1240 to 1244 | William de Christchurch | |
| 1245 to 1253 | William de Burgh | |
| 1253 to 1256 | John de la Ware | |
| 1257 to 1266 | William de Radnor | |
| 1266 to 1287 | William de Braose | |
| 1287 to 1297 | Philip de Staunton vacant | According to Prynne, or |
| According to general consensus | ||
| 1297 to 1323 | John de Monmouth | |
| 1323 to 1323 | Alexander de Monmouth | Elected only |
| 1323 to 1347 | John de Egglescliffe | Translated from Connor, Ireland |
| 1347 to 1361 | John Paschal | |
| 1361 to 1382 | Rodger Cradock | Translated from Waterford, Ireland |
| 1383 to 1385 | Thomas Rushook | Confessor to Richard II; translated to Chichester |
| 1385 to 1389 | William Bottlesham | Titular Bishop of Bethlehem; translated to Rochester |
| 1390 to 1393 | Edmund Bromfeld | |
| 1394 to 1395 | Tideman of Winchcomb | Abbot of Beaulieu; translated to Worcester |
| 1395 to 1396 | Andrew Barret | |
| 1396 to 1398 | John Burghill | Confessor to Richard II; translated to Lichfield & Coventry |
| 1398 to 1407 | Thomas Peverel | Translated from Ossory, Ireland; translated to Worcester |
| 1408 to 1423 | John de la Zouche | |
| 1425 to 1440 | John Wells | |
| 1440 to 1458 | Nicholas Ashby | Prior of Westminster |
| 1458 to 1476 | John Hunden | Prior of King's Langley; resigned |
| 1476 to 1478 | John Smith | |
| 1478 to 1496 | John Marshall | |
| 1496 to 1499 | John Ingleby | Prior of Shene |
| 1500 to 1516 | Miles Salley | Abbot of Eynsham |
| 1517 to 1537 | George de Athequa | Chaplain to Queen Catharine (with whom he left Spain for England) |
| 1537 to 1545 | Robert Holgate | Prior of Wotton; translated to York |
| 1545 to c.1557 | Anthony Kitchin | Abbot of Eynsham |
| c.1557 to 1560 | vacant | For 3 years |
| 1560 to 1575 | Hugh Jones | |
| 1575 to 1591 | William Blethyn | Prebendary of York |
| 1591 to 1594 | Gervase Babington | Prebendary of Hereford; translated to Exeter |
| 1594 to 1601 | William Morgan | Translated to St Asaph |
| 1601 to 1618 | Fraser Godwin | Canon of Wells; translated to Hereford |
| 1618 to 1619 | George Carleton | Translated to Chichester |
| 1619 to 1627 | Theophilus Field | Rector of Cotton, Suffolk; translated to St David's |
| 1627 to 1639 | William Murray | Translated from Kilfenora, Ireland |
| 1639 to c.1644 | Morgan Owen | |
| c.1644 to 1660 | vacant | |
| 1660 to 1667 | Hugh Lloyd | Archdeacon of St David's |
| 1667 to 1675 | Francis Davis | Archdeacon of Llandaff |
| 1675 to 1679 | William Lloyd | Prebendary of St Paul's, London; translated to Peterborough |
| 1679 to 1707 | William Beaw | Vicar of Adderbury, Oxfordshire |
| 1707 to 1724 | John Tyler | Dean of Hereford |
| 1724 to 1728 | Robert Clavering | Canon of Christchurch, Oxford; translated to Peterborough |
| 1728 to 1738 | John Harris | Prebendary of Canterbury |
| 1738 to 1740 | Matthias Mawson | Rector of Hadstock, Essex; translated to Chichester |
| 1740 to 1748 | John Gilbert | Dean of Exeter; translated to Salisbury |
| 1748 to 1754 | Edward Cresset | Dean of Hereford |
| 1754 to 1761 | Richard Newcome | Canon of Windsor; translated to St Asaph |
| 1761 to 1769 | John Ewer | Canon of Windsor; translated to Bangor |
| 1769 to 1769 | Jonathan Shipley | Dean of Winchester; translated to St Asaph |
| 1769 to 1782 | The Honourable Shute Barrington | Canon of St Paul's, London; translated to Salisburyand then to Durham |
| 1782 to 1816 | Richard Watson | Regius Professor of Divinity, Cambridge; Archdeacon of Ely |
| 18 July 1816 to 1819 | Herbert March | Translated to Peterborough |
| 15 May 1819 to 1826 | William Van Mildert | Translated to Durham |
| 1826 to 1827 | Charles Richard Sumner | Translated to Winchester |
| 1827 to 1849 | Edward Copleston | died in office |
| 1 November 1849 to 16 December 1882 | Alfred Ollivant | Canon of St David's, and Regius Professor of Divinity, Cambridge; died in office |
| 16 February 1883 to 1905 | Richard Lewis | |
| 1905 to 1931 | Joshua Pritchard Hughes | |
| 1931 to 1939 | Timothy Rees | |
| 1939 to 1957 | John Morgan | Archbishop of Wales 1949 |
| 1957 to 1971 | William Glyn Hughes Simon, DD | Translated from Swansea & Brecon. Archbishop of Wales 1968 |
| 1971 to 1975 | Eryl Stephen Thomas | Translated from Monmouth |
| 1976 to 1985 | John Worthington Poole Hughes, MA | Translated from Southwest Tanganyika. Assistant Bishop of Llandaff |
| 1985 to 1999 | Roy Thomas Davies | Translated from Swansea & Brecon |
| 1999 to present | Dr Barry Cennydd Morgan | Archbishop of Wales 2002 |
References
- David Nash Ford (2006) Early British Kingdoms: Bishops of Ergyng, Teilo & Llandaff
- Joseph Haydn (1894) Haydn's Book of Dignities. Horace Ockerby.
- Joseph Whitaker (2004) Whitaker's Almanack 1883 to 2004. A&C Black.
