Diocese of Saint David's

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Coat of arms of the Diocese of St David's

The Diocese of Saint David's ( English Diocese of St David’s , Welsh Esgobaeth Tyddewi ) is a diocese of the Anglican Church in Wales with its seat in St Davids . It was a Roman Catholic diocese until the English Reformation .

history

Cathedral in Saint David's

The diocese of Saint David's was established in the 6th century. David became the first bishop . The construction of the cathedral began under Bishop Peter de Leia .

The last Roman Catholic bishop, Henry Morgan , was deposed by Queen Elizabeth I in 1559 . Bishop Henry Morgan died in December of that year.

The Catholic diocese of Saint David's was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Canterbury as a suffragan .

After the English Reformation, the diocese of Saint David's belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury of the Church of England until the Welsh Anglican Church became independent as a Church in Wales in 1920 .

See also

literature

  • MJ Pearson: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Volume 9. London 2003, pp. 45-50 ( British History Online ).
  • B. Jones: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541. Volume 11. London 1965, pp. 53-56 ( British History Online ).

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