Bishop of Llandaff

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

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.)

References

* David Nash Ford (2006) [http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/lists/llandaff.html 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.