News / Events

Lambeth Bishops hosted in Diocese

Five Lambeth bound Bishops and their wives will be hosted in the diocese this weekend 10 -14 July. See Press Release for further details

New Minor Canon at Cathedral

Revd David Mark Jones is to be the new Minor Canon at Brecon Cathedral. He was previously Curate in the Parish of Llansamlet

New Priest in Charge at Brecon

Revd Michael Thomas is the new Priest in Charge at St Mary's Church in Brecon. He will remain as Succentor at Brecon Cathedral

New Radnor Appointment

Revd Mark Timothy Beaton is to be the new Priest in Charge of the New Radnor group of parishes, He is at present Assistant Curate of Swindon, St Andrews.

Welcome to the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon website

The Diocese was created in 1923 from the ancient Diocese of St. David's and comprises most of the former counties of Brecon and Radnor together with the City of Swansea, the Swansea valley connecting it with Brecknock, and the Gower Peninsula.

The Diocese covers an area of 340,877 hectares with a distance of over 100 miles from north to south. With the weight of urban life and its population in the south and the contrasting sparsity of rural life in the north, the unity of the Diocese is of great importance.

The Cathedral is situated in Brecon, which is equidistant from both ends of the Diocese. The Diocese is divided into two Archdeaconries. The Archdeaconry of Brecon celebrated in 1988 the 800th anniversary of the visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the home of Gerald, Archdeacon of Brecon (Giraldus Cambrensis) at Llandew near Brecon. The Archdeaconry of Gower was created in 1923 on the formation of the Diocese.