The Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 of Llandaff

Llandaff

Llandaff is a district in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales, having been incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of the Church in Wales Bishop of Llandaff, whose diocese covers the most populous area of South Wales. Much of the district is covered by parkland known as Llandaff...

 is the Ordinary

Ordinary

In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system, an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute the church's laws...

 of the Church in Wales

Church in Wales

The Church in Wales is the Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.As with the primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Archbishop of Wales serves concurrently as one of the six diocesan bishops. The current archbishop is Barry Morgan, the Bishop of Llandaff.In contrast to the...

 Diocese of Llandaff

Diocese of Llandaff

The Diocese of Llandaff is a Church in Wales diocese. It is headed by the Bishop of Llandaff, whose seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Llandaff, a suburb of Cardiff...

.

Area of authority

The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The Bishop's seat

Cathedra

A cathedra or bishop's throne is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, and has in some sense remained such in the Anglican Communion and in Lutheran churches...

 is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Llandaff Cathedral

Llandaff Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff, head of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. It is situated in the district of Llandaff in the city of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The current building was constructed in the 12th century over the site of an earlier church...

 (the site of a church wrongly said to have been founded in 560 by Saint Teilo), in the village of Llandaff

Llandaff

Llandaff is a district in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales, having been incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of the Church in Wales Bishop of Llandaff, whose diocese covers the most populous area of South Wales. Much of the district is covered by parkland known as Llandaff...

, just north-west of the City of Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

. The Bishop's residence is Llys Esgob, The Cathedral Green, Llandaff in Cardiff.

Brief history

Originally Celtic Christians

Celtic Christianity

Celtic Christianity or Insular Christianity refers broadly to certain features of Christianity that were common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages...

, the bishops were in communion with Rome from 777 and, since the Reformation

English Reformation

The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church....

 of the 1530s, have been members of the Anglican Church in Wales

Church in Wales

The Church in Wales is the Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.As with the primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Archbishop of Wales serves concurrently as one of the six diocesan bishops. The current archbishop is Barry Morgan, the Bishop of Llandaff.In contrast to the...

. There is only evidence for the bishops being called 'Bishop of Llandaff' from the early 11th century. Before this, though still ministering to Glamorgan

Glamorgan

Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...

 and Gwent, the bishops were called Bishop of Teilo and were almost certainly based at Llandeilo

Llandeilo

Llandeilo is a town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated at the crossing of the River Towy by the A483 on a 19th century stone bridge. Its population is 1,731.The town is served by Llandeilo railway station on the Heart of Wales Line.- Early history :...

 Abbey. The very early bishops were probably based in Ergyng

Ergyng

Ergyng was a Welsh kingdom of the sub-Roman and early medieval period, between the 5th and 7th centuries. It was later referred to by the English as Archenfield.-Location:...

. In medieval

Middle Ages

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 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 (102nd) Bishop of Llandaff is the Most Reverend Dr Barry Cennydd Morgan

Barry Morgan

Barry Cennydd Morgan has been the Archbishop of the Church in Wales since 2003.-Early life:Morgan was born in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Neath Port Talbot and studied history at University College, London and theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge...

; when elected as Bishop in 1999 his official signature was Barry Landav, but once elected Archbishop of Wales

Archbishop of Wales

The post of Archbishop of Wales was created in 1920 when the Church in Wales was separated from the Church of England , and disestablished...

 in 2003 his Archbishop's signature Barry Cambrensis took precedence. He is supported by the Assistant Bishop of Llandaff, the Right Reverend David Wilbourne.

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	Dubricius Dubricius Saint Dubricius was a 6th century Briton ecclesiastic venerated as a saint. He was the evangelist of Ergyng and much of South-East Wales.-Biography:Dubricius was the illegitimate son of Efrddyl, the daughter of King Peibio Clafrog of Ergyng...	Bishop of Ergyng
c. 550 to c.610	Saint Teilo Saint Teilo Saint Teilo, was a British Christian saint - a monk, bishop and founder of monasteries and churches. He was from Penalun , near Tenby, in Pembrokeshire, in south Wales...	Bishop of Teilo
c.650 to c.700	Oudoceus Oudoceus Saint Oudoceus or Saint Euddogwy is generally known as the third Bishop of Llandaff. In reality, he was probably a 7th century 'Bishop of Teilo' based at Llandeilo Fawr...
??? 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 Book of Llandaff The Book of Llandaff is a 12th century compilation of documents relating to the history of the diocese of Llandaff in Wales...
??? to ???	Tyrchanus
??? to ???	Elvogus	probably a mistake: Elfodd Elfodd Elfodd , also known as Elfoddw , was a Welsh bishop who induced the Welsh church to adopt the Roman method of determining the date of Easter.... w, Bishop of Bangor Bishop of Bangor The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and a small part of Montgomeryshire...
??? 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	possibly Prior of Goldcliff, Saltmarsh being still a named part of that parish
1193 to 1218	Henry de Abergavenny Henry de Abergavenny Henry de Abergavenny was Prior of Abergavenny and Bishop of Llandaff, both in South Wales.Henry was a Benedictine monk who became Prior of Abergavenny, before succeeding to the diocese of Llandaff which had been vacant for two years. He was consecrated on 12 December 1193...	Prior of Abergavenny
1219 to 1229	William de Goldcliff	A priory established at Goldcliff since 1113
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 William de Braose (bishop) William de Braose was a Bishop of Llandaff, now in modern day Cardiff, Wales.-Dynastic Family Background:A younger member of great, long lived and at times very powerful de Braose family dynasty of Norman and medieval English Marcher Lords, holding key posts and vital Lordships in the Welsh...
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 John de Egglescliffe John de Egglescliffe was a 14th century English bishop. Little is known of his personal background except that he was an Augustinian friar, and that he probably came from County Durham ....	Translated from Connor, Ireland Bishop of Connor The Bishop of Connor is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Connor in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The title is currently used by the Church of Ireland, but in the Roman Catholic Church it has been united with another bishopric....
1347 to 1361	John Paschal John Paschal John Paschal was a 14th century English bishop. Paschal, native of Suffolk, became a Carmelite friar at Ipswich. Paschal was sent to study at Cambridge University. John Paschal in 1347 was nominated bishop of Llandaff. He died on 11 Oct. 1361....
1361 to 1382	Rodger Cradock	Translated from Waterford, Ireland Bishop of Waterford The Bishop of Waterford was a medieval prelate, governing the Diocese of Waterford from its creation in the 11th century until it was absorbed into the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore in the 14th century...
1383 to 1385	Thomas Rushhook Thomas Rushhook Thomas Rushhook was an English Dominican, bishop and chaplain to Richard II of England....	Confessor to Richard II Richard II of England Richard II was King of England, a member of the House of Plantagenet and the last of its main-line kings. He ruled from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, the Black Prince, and was born during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III... ; translated to Chichester Bishop of Chichester The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity...
1385 to 1389	William Bottlesham William Bottlesham William Bottlesham was a medieval Bishop of Llandaff and Bishop of Rochester.Bottlesham was translated from Bethlehem to Llandaff in 1386. He was then translated from Llandaff to Rochester on 27 August 1389.Bottlesham died about 26 February 1400....	Titular Bishop of Bethlehem; translated to Rochester Bishop of Rochester The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the west of the county of Kent and is centred in the city of Rochester where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin...
1390 to 1393	Edmund Bromfeld
1394 to 1395	Robert Tideman of Winchcombe	Abbot of Beaulieu Beaulieu Abbey Beaulieu Abbey, , was a Cistercian abbey located in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1203-1204 by King John and peopled by 30 monks sent from the abbey of Cîteaux in France, the mother house of the Cistercian order... ; translated to Worcester Bishop of Worcester The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury...
1395 to 1396	Andrew Barret
1396 to 1398	John Burghill John Burghill John Burghill was a medieval Bishop of Llandaff and Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.Burghill was nominated to Llandaff on 12 April 1396, and consecrated around 10 July 1396. He was translated to Coventry and Lichfield on 2 July 1398....	Confessor to Richard II Richard II of England Richard II was King of England, a member of the House of Plantagenet and the last of its main-line kings. He ruled from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, the Black Prince, and was born during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III... ; translated to Lichfield & Coventry Bishop of Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 4,516 km² of the counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed...
1398 to 1407	Thomas Peverel Thomas Peverel Thomas Peverel was a medieval Bishop of Leighlin, Llandaff and Worcester.He was nominated Bishop of Leighlin about 3 November 1395, and was translated to Llandaff on 2 July 1398.He was translated to the see of Worcester on 4 July 1407....	Translated from Ossory, Ireland Bishop of Ossory The Bishop of Ossory is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.-History:The diocese of Ossory... ; translated to Worcester Bishop of Worcester The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury...
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 John Smith (bishop) John Smith or Smyth was bishop of Llandaff from 1476 to 1479.He had previously held positions as vicar of Tenby, and archdeacon of St David's. These posts are known from an inscription on the Tenby chancel wainscotting presumably erected on Smith's initiative and personally examined by Edward...
1478 to 1496	John Marshall John Marshall (bishop) John Marshall was a Bishop of Llandaff in Wales.John was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford and a canon of Windsor. On 6 September 1478, he was consecrated Bishop of Llandaff. He is well remembered for having repaired the damage done to the cathedral during Owain Glyndŵr's reign. He also erected...
1496 to 1499	John Ingleby	Prior of Shene
1500 to 1516	Miles Salley Miles Salley Miles Salley was a late 15th century Abbot of Eynsham Abbey and Abingdon Abbey and an early 16th century Bishop of Llandaff. Salley was Abbot of Abingdon, followed by Eynsham in Oxfordshire in the 1490s, during which time he was party to a major quarrel with Sir Robert Hartcourt of Stanton...	Abbot of Eynsham
1517 to 1537	George de Athequa George de Athequa George de Athequa was a Bishop of Llandaff in the early days of the Reformation. A Spaniard by birth, he was chaplain to Queen Catharine of Aragon, with whom he left Spain for England. He died in March 1537....	Chaplain to Queen Catharine (with whom he left Spain for England)
1537 to 1545	Robert Holgate Robert Holgate Robert Holgate was Bishop of Llandaff and then Archbishop of York . He recognised Henry VIII as leader of the Church of England....	Prior of Wotton; translated to York Archbishop of York The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England as well as the Isle of Man...
1545 to c.1557	Anthony Kitchin Anthony Kitchin Anthony Kitchin , also known as Anthony Dunstone, was a mid-16th century Abbot of Eynsham Abbey and Bishop of Llandaff in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England....	Abbot of Eynsham
c.1557 to 1560	vacant	For 3 years
1560 to 1575	Hugh Jones Hugh Jones (bishop) Hugh Jones , was the bishop of Llandaff.Jones was descended from an ancient family of that name in Gower, to which belonged Sir Hugh Johnys of Llandimore...
1575 to 1591	William Blethyn William Blethyn William Blethyn was a prebendary of York and a bishop of Llandaff. He died in 1591.-References:...	Prebendary of York
1591 to 1594	Gervase Babington Gervase Babington Gervase Babington was the Bishop of Llandaff , Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Worcester from 1597-1610.-External links:...	Prebendary of Hereford; translated to Exeter Bishop of Exeter The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. The incumbent usually signs his name as Exon or incorporates this in his signature....
1594 to 1601	William Morgan William Morgan (Bible translator) William Morgan was Bishop of Llandaff and of St Asaph, and the translator of the first version of the whole Bible into Welsh from Greek and Hebrew.-Life:...	Translated to St Asaph
1601 to 1618	Francis Godwin Francis Godwin Francis Godwin was an English divine, Bishop of Llandaff and of Hereford.-Life:He was the son of Thomas Godwin, Bishop of Bath and Wells, born at Hannington, Northamptonshire...	Canon of Wells; translated to Hereford Bishop of Hereford The Bishop of Hereford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury.The see is in the City of Hereford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Ethelbert which was founded as a cathedral in 676.The Bishop's residence is...
1618 to 1619	George Carleton George Carleton George Carleton was an English churchman, Bishop of Llandaff . He was a delegate to the Synod of Dort, in the Netherlands. From 1619 to 1628 he was Bishop of Chichester.-Life:...	Translated to Chichester Bishop of Chichester The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity...
1619 to 1627	Theophilus Feild	Rector of Cotton, Suffolk; translated to St David's
1627 to 1639	William Murray	Translated from Kilfenora, Ireland Bishop of Kilfenora The Bishop of Kilfenora was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the village of Kilfenora in County Clare, Ireland. In both the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church, the title is now united with other bishoprics.-History:...
1639 to c.1644	Morgan Owen Morgan Owen Morgan Owen was bishop of Llandaff, Wales from 1639 but imprisoned and unable to exercise his charge from 1644. His Laudian views and the construction of the baroque south porch of St. Mary's University Church in Oxford precipitated his overthrow.Owen was the son of a clergyman in Myddfai,...
c.1644 to 1660	vacant
1660 to 1667	Hugh Lloyd Hugh Lloyd (bishop) Hugh Lloyd was a Welsh cleric who was the Anglican bishop of Llandaff from 1660 until his death in 1667....	Archdeacon of St David's
1667 to 1675	Francis Davies Francis Davies Francis Davies was a Welsh clergyman who was Bishop of Llandaff from 1667 until his death.-Life:Davies was born in Glamorgan, Wales and educated at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating in November 1621. He was awarded his BA in 1625, his MA in 1628 and a BD degree in 1640...	Archdeacon of Llandaff
1675 to 1679	William Lloyd	Prebendary of St Paul's, London; translated to Peterborough Bishop of Peterborough The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire...
1679 to 1707	William Beaw	Vicar of Adderbury, Oxfordshire
1707 to 1724	John Tyler	Dean of Hereford
1724 to 1728	Robert Clavering Robert Clavering -Life:He graduated B.A. from the University of Edinburgh, and then went to Lincoln College, Oxford. He was Fellow and tutor of University College, in 1701. In 1714 he was rector of Bocking. In 1715 he became Regius Professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford.He became rector of Marsh...	Canon of Christchurch, Oxford; translated to Peterborough Bishop of Peterborough The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire...
1728 to 1738	John Harris John Harris (bishop) John Harris was Bishop of Llandaff from 1729 to 1738, as well as serving as Dean of Hereford Cathedral and of Wells Cathedral.-Life:...	Prebendary of Canterbury
1738 to 1740	Matthias Mawson Matthias Mawson Matthias Mawson was an English churchman and academic, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of Chichester, and Bishop of Ely.-Life:...	Rector of Hadstock Hadstock Hadstock is a village in Essex, England, about from Saffron Walden. It is on the county boundary with Cambridgeshire and about from Cambridge. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 320.... , Essex; translated to Chichester Bishop of Chichester The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity...
1740 to 1748	John Gilbert	Dean of Exeter; translated to Salisbury Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset...  then York Archbishop of York The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England as well as the Isle of Man...
1748 to 1754	Edward Cresset	Dean of Hereford
1754 to 1761	Richard Newcome Richard Newcome Richard Newcome was an English bishop of Llandaff and bishop of St Asaph.-Life:He was the sixth son of Peter Newcome, vicar of Aldenham, Hertfordshire. He was admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge in 1718, matriculating in 1719, and graduating B.A. 1722, M.A. 1725, and D.D. 1746...	Canon of Windsor; translated to St Asaph
1761 to 1769	John Ewer John Ewer John Ewer was an English bishop of Llandaff and bishop of Bangor. He is now remembered for an attack on the American colonists, prompted by their indifference to episcopacy.-Life:...	Canon of Windsor; translated to Bangor Bishop of Bangor The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and a small part of Montgomeryshire...
1769 to 1769	Jonathan Shipley Jonathan Shipley Jonathan Shipley was the son of a London stationer; his mother's family were owners of Twyford House, a large manor in Winchester, England. He was ordained a minister in the Church of England and became both Bishop of Llandaff and Bishop of St Asaph.Jonathan grew up at Walbrook in the City of...	Dean of Winchester; translated to St Asaph
1769 to 1782	The Hon Shute Barrington Shute Barrington Shute Barrington was an English churchman, Bishop of Llandaff in Wales, as well as Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham in England.-Life:...	Canon of St Paul's, London; translated to Salisbury Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset...  and then to Durham
1782 to 1816	Richard Watson	Regius Professor of Divinity, Cambridge; Archdeacon of Ely
18 July 1816 to 1819	Herbert Marsh Herbert Marsh Herbert Marsh was a bishop in the Church of England.-Life:He was educated at Faversham Grammar School, The King's School, Canterbury and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA as second wrangler and was elected a fellow of St John's in 1779. He studied with J. D...	Translated to Peterborough Bishop of Peterborough The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire...
15 May 1819 to 1826	William Van Mildert William Van Mildert William Van Mildert was the last palatine Bishop of Durham , and one of the founders of the University of Durham...	Translated to Durham
1826 to 1827	Charles Sumner	Translated to Winchester Bishop of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England diocese of Winchester, with his cathedra at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire.The bishop is one of five Church of England bishops to be among the Lords Spiritual regardless of their length of service. His diocese is one of the oldest and...
1827 to 1849	Edward Copleston Edward Copleston Edward Copleston was an English churchman and academic, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford from 1814 and bishop of Llandaff from 1827.-Life:He was born at Offwell in Devon, and educated at Oxford University....	died in office
1 November 1849 to 16 December 1882	Alfred Ollivant Alfred Ollivant Alfred Ollivant was an academic who went on to become bishop of Llandaff.Born in Manchester, he was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He won the Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholarship in 1822 and was elected to a fellowship at Trinity College. In 1827, he was appointed the first...	Canon of St David's, and Regius Professor of Divinity, Cambridge; died in office
16 February 1883 to 1905	Richard Lewis Richard Lewis (bishop of Llandaff) Richard Lewis was the Anglican Bishop of Llandaff in Wales from 1883 to 1905.Born in Pembrokeshire, Lewis was educated at Worcester College, Oxford and ordained in 1846. He was Vicar of Lampeter for 32 years and latterly Archdeacon of St David's.He was the brother of John Lennox Griffith Poyer...
1905 to 1931	Joshua Pritchard Hughes Joshua Pritchard Hughes Joshua Pritchard Hughes was Bishop of Llandaff from 1905 to 1931.Born into an ecclesiastical family he was educated at Shrewsbury and Balliol College, Oxford and ordained in 1871. He was a curate in Neath from 1872 to 1877, Vicar of Newcastle, Bridgend and then Llantrisant before his ordination...
1931 to 1939	Timothy Rees Timothy Rees Timothy Rees was a Bishop of Llandaff.Timothy Rees was a Cardiganshire man, educated at Lampeter and subsequently pursued a monastic vocation at the Community of the Resurrection at Mirfield in Yorkshire. When in 1931 he became Bishop of Llandaff he was the first member of a religious community to...
1939 to 1957	John Morgan John Morgan (bishop) John Morgan served as Bishop of Swansea and Brecon and subsequently as Bishop of Llandaff , in which post he was also enthroned on 21 September 1949 as Archbishop of Wales ....	Archbishop of Wales Archbishop of Wales The post of Archbishop of Wales was created in 1920 when the Church in Wales was separated from the Church of England , and disestablished...  1949
1957 to 1971	Glyn Simon Glyn Simon William Glyn Hughes Simon was the Anglican Archbishop of Wales from 1968 to 1971.Simon was born in Swansea, where his father was curate at St Gabriel's church. He was baptised by David Lewis Prosser, later to become the third Archbishop of Wales....  DD	Translated from Swansea & Brecon Bishop of Swansea and Brecon The Bishop of Swansea and Brecon is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.The diocese covers the City and County of Swansea and the ancient counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire... , Archbishop of Wales Archbishop of Wales The post of Archbishop of Wales was created in 1920 when the Church in Wales was separated from the Church of England , and disestablished...  1968
1971 to 1975	Eryl Thomas	Translated from Monmouth
1976 to 1985	John Poole-Hughes MA	Translated from Southwest Tanganyika. Assistant Bishop of Llandaff
1985 to 1999	Roy Davies Roy Davies Roy Thomas Davies was Bishop of Llandaff from 1985 to 1999.-Life:Davies was educated at St David's College, Lampeter, Wales obtaining a BA degree in 1955, and then at Jesus College, Oxford, where he obtained a BLitt in 1959. He trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford...
1999 to present	Dr Barry Morgan Barry Morgan Barry Cennydd Morgan has been the Archbishop of the Church in Wales since 2003.-Early life:Morgan was born in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Neath Port Talbot and studied history at University College, London and theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge...	Translated from Bangor Bishop of Bangor The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and a small part of Montgomeryshire... , Archbishop of Wales Archbishop of Wales The post of Archbishop of Wales was created in 1920 when the Church in Wales was separated from the Church of England , and disestablished... 2002