The Roman Catholic Diocese of Newport (and Menevia) was the Latin Catholic precursor (1840-1916) in

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and southwest

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of the present

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff The Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia (; ) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church which covers south Wales and the county of Herefordshire in England. The Metropolitan Province of Cardiff covers all of Wales and parts of England. Its one suf ...

, with see in

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, and was revived as Latin

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History

* Established in 1840 as

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of the Welsh District, on Anglo-Welsh territories (the whole of

and the English county of

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) canonically split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of the Western District. * Elevated on 29 September 1850 as Diocese of Newport and Menevia, a

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in the

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of the

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, having lost northern, English territory to establish the

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. It had its

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at Belmont Abbey in

(England), built from 15 February 1854 by

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, a landowner converted in 1852, followed by Benedictine monastic buildings from 1857, since 21 November 1859 a priory, on 4 September 1860 is consecrated as the cathedral priory Obituary
from

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retrieved 5 April 2014History
from

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retrieved 5 April 2014 The abbey continues to be enlarged (chancel extended in 1865). * Renamed on 4 July 1895 as Diocese of Newport (Latin Neoportus), having lost further (Welsh) territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Wales, covering

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(both Welsh) and

(England). * Suppressed on 7 February 1916, its canonical territory being used to establish the Metropolitan

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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, both born in England) ;''Apostolic Vicar of the Welsh District'' * Thomas Joseph Brown,

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(O.S.B.) (1840.06.05 – 1850.09.29 ''see below''),

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of Apollonia (1840.06.05 – 1850.09.29) ;''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

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

The pre-Cardiff diocese was nominally restored in 1969 as

Titular bishopric A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...

of Newport (Latin Neoportus). It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank, ''with an archiepiscopal exception :'' * ''Titular Archbishop Fulton John Sheen (1969.10.06 – death 1979.12.09), as emeritate; previously

of Cæsariana (1951.05.28 – 1966.10.21) as

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(NY, USA) (1951.05.28 – 1966.10.21), Bishop of Rochester (USA) (1966.10.21 – retired 1969.10.06)'' * Howard George Tripp (1979.12.20 – death 2022.10.03), as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(England) (1979.12.20 – emeritate 2004.01.07).

References

Sources and external links

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