Diocese of Monmouth
The Diocese of Monmouth is a diocese of the Church in Wales. Despite the name, its cathedral is located not in Monmouth but in Newport — the Cathedral Church of St Woolos. Reasons for not choosing the title of Newport included the existence of a Catholic Bishop of Newport until 1916. This apparent anomaly arose in 1921 when the diocese was created with no location for the cathedral yet chosen. Various options were being considered, such as restoring Tintern Abbey, building from scratch on Ridgeway Hill in Newport, and upgrading St Woolos, then a parish church; in the meantime the new diocese, as it covers more or less the territory of the county of Monmouth, was named the "Diocese of Monmouth". Prior to 1921 the area had been the archdeaconry of Monmouth.
It is headed by Cherry Vann, Bishop of Monmouth. She was elected the eleventh bishop in September 2019 and enthroned in Newport Cathedral on 1 February 2020.
In its own words, the diocese "covers the south east corner of Wales, from Monmouth south to Chepstow, westwards along the 'M4 corridor' to Newport and the outskirts of Cardiff, northwards into the south eastern valleys and east into the rural areas around Usk, Raglan, Abergavenny and the Herefordshire border".
In local government terms, the territory of the diocese covers the unitary authority areas of:
- Monmouthshire
- Newport
- Torfaen
- Blaenau Gwent
- Caerphilly
- Cardiff
- Herefordshire
Archdeaconries and deaneries
List of archdeacons
Archdeacons of Monmouth
The archdeaconry of Monmouth was erected, from the Llandaff archdeaconry, in the Diocese of Llandaff on 6 February 1844.- 26 February 1844 – 1885 : William Crawley
- 1885–1914 : William Conybeare Bruce
- 1914–1921 : Charles Green
- 1922–1926 : David Griffiths
- 1926–1930 : David Roberts
- 1930–1940 : Alfred Monahan
- 1940–1954: Samuel Davies
- 1955-1963: J Ralph Jones
- 1963-1973: Ernest Evans
- 1977–1977 : Clifford Wright
- 1977–1986 : Barrie Evans
- 1986–1993 : Keith Tyte
- 1993–2001: Peter Woodman
- 2001–2008: Glyndwr Hackett
- 2008–2013 : Richard Pain
- 2013–present: Ambrose Mason
Archdeacons of Newport
- 1931–1935: the Dean of Monmouth provisionally
- 1935–1948 : Vaughan Rees
- 1948–1953 : Thomas Parry Pryce
- 1953–1964 : Charles Lewis
- 1964–1973: Ivor Philips
- 1973-1976: Ernest Evans
- 1977–1986 : Clifford Wright
- 1986–1993 : Barrie Evans
- 1993–1997 : Keith Tyte
- 1997–2008: Kenneth Sharpe
- 2008–2012: Glyndwr Hackett
- 2012–present: Jonathan Williams
Archdeacons of the Gwent Valley
- 7 July 2018present: Sue Pinnington
List of churches
Deanery of Abergavenny
Closed churches in the area
Deanery of Monmouth
Closed churches in this area
Deanery of Netherwent
Closed churches in the area
Deanery of Raglan-Usk
Closed churches in this area
Deanery of Bassaleg
Closed churches in this area
Deanery of Newport
Closed churches in this area
Deanery of Bedwellty
Closed churches in this area
Deanery of Pontypool
Closed churches in the area
Dedications
This table is drawn from the above lists.| Saint | No. |
| St Mary the Virgin | 23 |
| St Peter | 11 |
| St David | 10 |
| St Michael | 10 |
| St Cadoc | 7 |
| St Paul | 6 |
| All Saints | 5 |
| St John the Baptist | 5 |
| St Thomas | 5 |
| St Bride | 4 |
| Christ Church | 4 |
| St Martin | 4 |
| No dedication | 4 |
| St James | 3 |
| St Teilo | 3 |
| St Andrew | 2 |
| St Augustine | 2 |
| St Dingat | 2 |
| St Dyfrig | 2 |
| Holy Trinity | 2 |
| St John the Evangelist | 2 |
| St Margaret | 2 |
| St Mark | 2 |
| St Matthew | 2 |
| St Nicholas | 2 |
| St Thomas a Becket | 2 |
| St Aeddan | 1 |
| St Andoenus | 1 |
| St Anne | 1 |
| St Arvan | 1 |
| St Barrwg | 1 |
| St Bartholomew | 1 |
| St Basil | 1 |
| St Cadwaladr | 1 |
| St Cenhedlon | 1 |
| St Christopher | 1 |
| St Cybi | 1 |
| St Deiniol | 1 |
| St Dennis | 1 |
| St Edeyrn | 1 |
| St Ffwyst | 1 |
| St Gabriel | 1 |
| St George | 1 |
| St Helen | 1 |
| St Hilda | 1 |
| Holy Cross | 1 |
| Holy Trinity & St Anne | 1 |
| Holy Trinity & Christ Church | 1 |
| St Illtud | 1 |
| St John | 1 |
| St John the Divine | 1 |
| SS Julius & Aaron | 1 |
| St Mable | 1 |
| St Madoc | 1 |
| St Mary Magdalene | 1 |
| St Mellon | 1 |
| St Meugan | 1 |
| St Michael & All Angels | 1 |
| St Oswald | 1 |
| St Oudoceus | 1 |
| SS Peter, Paul & John | 1 |
| St Philip | 1 |
| The Resurrection | 1 |
| St Sannan | 1 |
| St Stephen | 1 |
| SS Stephen & Tathan | 1 |
| St Tegfeth | 1 |
| St Tewdric | 1 |
| St Theodore | 1 |
| St Tudor | 1 |
| St Tysoi | 1 |
| St Wonnow | 1 |
| St Woolos | 1 |