Diocese of Llandaff
The diocese of Llandaff ( lat . : Dioecesis Landavensis ) is a diocese of the Anglican Church in Wales with its seat in Llandaff (now part of Cardiff ). It was a Roman Catholic diocese until the English Reformation .
history
Cathedral in Llandaff
The diocese of Llandaff was established in 560. Construction of the current Llandaff Cathedral began in 1120. The last Roman Catholic bishop , George Athequa OP , resigned in February 1537.
The Catholic diocese of Llandaff was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Canterbury as a suffragan .
After the English Reformation, the diocese of Llandaff 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
- List of the Bishops of Llandaff
- List of former Catholic dioceses
- Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom
literature
- MJ Pearson: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Volume 9. London 2003, pp. 13-17 ( British History Online ).
- B. Jones: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541. Volume 11. London 1965, pp. 21-23 ( British History Online ).