Diocese of Swansea and Brecon

The '''Diocese of Swansea and Brecon''' was established as a Diocese of the [[Church in Wales]] in 1923 with [[Brecon Cathedral|Brecon Priory]] as the Cathedral. The Diocese has a border with five other Welsh Dioceses, as well as with the English [[Diocese of Hereford]]. Edward Latham Bevan was made [[Assistant Bishop]] in the [[Diocese of St David's]] as Bishop of Swansea in 1915, and in 1923 he was elected as the first [[Bishop of Swansea and Brecon|Bishop]] of the new Diocese. The current Bishop of the Diocese is the Right Reverend John Davies. He was elected as [[Bishop]] of Swansea and Brecon on 29 January 2008. Prior to being elected he was the [[Dean (religion)|Dean]] of [[Brecon Cathedral]]. The current Archdeacons of '''The Swansea and Brecon Diocese''' are: *Brecon - The Venerable Randolph Thomas *Gower - The Venerable Robert Williams ==Bishops== *[[Edward Latham Bevan]]: 1923 - 1934 *[[John Morgan (bishop)|John Morgan]]: 1934 - 1939 *[[Edward William Williamson]]: 1939 - 1953 *[[William Glyn Hughes Simon]]: 1954 - 1957 *[[John James Absalom Thomas]]: 1958 - 1976 *[[Benjamin Noel Young Vaughan]]: 1976 - 1987 *[[Dewi Morris Bridges]]: 1988 - 1998 *[[Anthony Edward Pierce]]: 1999 - 2008 *[[John David Edward Davies]]: 2008 - Current {{Church in Wales template}} {{Province of Wales}} {{coord missing|Powys}}