Bishop ofLlandaff
Bishopric
anglican
Coat of arms
Incumbent: Mary Stallard
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Wales
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Diocese	Llandaff
Cathedral	Llandaff Cathedral

TheBishop of Llandaff is theordinary of theChurch in WalesDiocese of Llandaff.

The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The bishop'sseat is in theCathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (the site of a church traditionally said to have been founded in 560 bySaint Teilo), in the village ofLlandaff, just north-west of theCity of Cardiff. The bishop's residence is Llys Esgob, The Cathedral Green, Llandaff, in Cardiff.

The controversialIolo Manuscripts claim an older foundation dating to Saints Dyfan andFagan, said elsewhere to havemissionized the court ofKing Lucius of Britain on behalf ofPope Eleutherius around AD 166. The manuscripts—others of which are original and others now known forgeries—list Dyfan as the first bishop and, following hismartyrdom, Fagan as his successor.^[1]Baring-Gould refers to them aschorepiscopi.^[2] The present-daySt Fagans (referenced in the manuscripts as "Llanffagan Fawr") is now a village nearCardiff.^[2]

OriginallyCeltic Christians, the bishops were infull communion with theRoman Catholic Church from 777 until theReformation. In AD 914, the Danes ravagedArchenfield, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (AD 915, Worcester Manuscript, p. 99). The jarls leading the raids, Ohtor and Hroald, captured the bishop; he was later ransomed. The jarls were killed in a subsequent battle at "Killdane Field" (or "Kill Dane") inWeston-under-Penyard and the raiders were subdued.^[3]

The first evidence that the bishops were calledBishop of Llandaff is from the early 11th century. Before this, though still ministering toGlamorgan andGwent, the bishops described themselves asBishop of Teilo^[4] and were almost certainly based atLlandeilo Abbey. The very early bishops were probably based inErgyng. Before 1107, the titleBishop of Gwlad Morgan (Glamorgan) had been adopted.^[4] It was not until the titleBishop of Llandaff was used byBishop Urban fromc. 1119.[4] Inmedieval records, the bishop was sometimes referred to as theArchbishop of Llandaff.^{[citation needed]} This appears to have been a simple reaction to the claim ofSt David's to the archiepiscopal title.^{[citation needed]}

In 1534, the church inEngland and Wales broke allegiance with the Roman Catholic Church and established theChurch of England. After a brief restoration with theHoly See during the reign ofQueen Mary I, the Welsh dioceses remained part of theAnglicanProvince of Canterbury from the reign ofQueen Elizabeth I until the early 20th century. Following the passing of theWelsh Church Act 1914, the church in Wales and Monmouthshire was disestablished and the independentChurch in Wales was created on 31 March 1920. The bishopric and diocese of Llandaff now constitute part of the Church in Wales within the widerAnglican Communion.

In 1924, theDahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' was named afterJoshua Pritchard Hughes, who was bishop from 1905 to 1931.

A long-serving recent bishop of Llandaff wasBarry Morgan; when elected as bishop in 1999 his official signature wasBarry Landav, but once electedArchbishop of Wales in 2003 his archiepiscopal signatureBarry Cambrensis took precedence. He was supported byDavid Wilbourne, assistant bishop of Llandaff from 2009 to 2017.

FollowingJune Osborne's retirement, on 19 January 2023, it was announced thatMary Stallard,Assistant Bishop of Bangor, had been elected that day by the Electoral College of the Church in Wales atLlandaff Cathedral to become the next diocesan Bishop of Llandaff. She legally took up her See as of the Sacred Synod toconfirm her election;^[5] which occurred on 19 April 2023 at Holy Trinity,Llandudno.^[6]

(Dates in italics indicatede factocontinuation of office.)

Bishops of Llandaff
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1563	1567	See vacant
1567	1574	Hugh Jones	Consecrated on 5 May 1567. Died in office circa 12 November 1574.
1575	1590	William Blethyn	Formerly aPrebendary ofYork. Consecrated on 17 April 1575. Died in office on 15 October 1590.
1591	1595	Gervase Babington	Formerly aPrebendary ofHereford. Consecrated on 29 August 1591. Translated toExeter on 11 March 1595.
1595	1601	William Morgan	Consecrated on 20 July 1595. Translated toSt Asaph on 17 September 1601.
1601	1617	Francis Godwin	Formerly aCanon ofWells. Consecrated on 22 November 1601. Translated toHereford on 28 November 1617.
1618	1619	George Carleton	Also known as George Charlton. Consecrated on 12 July 1618. Translated toChichester on 20 September 1619.
1619	1627	Theophilus Feild	FormerlyRector ofCotton, Suffolk. Consecrated on 10 October 1619. Translated toSt David's on 12 July 1627.
1627	1640	William Murray	Translated fromKilfenora, Ireland on 24 December 1627. Died in office in February 1640.
1640	1645	Morgan Owen	Consecrated on 29 March 1640. Died in office on 4 March 1645.
1645	1646	See vacant
1646	1660	The see was abolished during theCommonwealth and theProtectorate.[16][17]
1660	1667	Hugh Lloyd	Consecrated on 2 December 1660. AlsoArchdeacon of St David's (1644–1667). Held both posts until his death on 7 June 1667.
1667	1675	Francis Davies	FormerlyArchdeacon of Llandaff (1660–1667). Consecrated on 24 August 1667. Died in office on 14 March 1675.
1675	1679	William Lloyd	Formerly aPrebendary ofSt Paul's, London. Consecrated on 18 April 1675. Translated toPeterborough on 16 May 1679.
1679	1706	William Beaw	Formerly Vicar ofAdderbury, Oxfordshire. Consecrated on 22 June 1679. Died in office on 10 February 1706.
1706	1724	John Tyler	FormerlyDean of Hereford (1692–1706). Consecrated on 30 June 1706. Died in office on 6 July 1724.
1725	1729	Robert Clavering	Formerly aCanon ofChrist Church, Oxford. Nominated on 14 September 1724 and consecrated on 2 January 1725. Translated toPeterborough on 17 February 1729.
1729	1738	John Harris	Formerly aPrebendary ofCanterbury. Nominated on 19 September 1729 and consecrated on 19 October 1729. Died in office on 28 August 1738.
1739	1740	Matthias Mawson	FormerlyRector ofHadstock, Essex. Nominated on 17 January 1739 and consecrated on 18 February 1739. Translated toChichester on 21 October 1740.
1740	1748	John Gilbert	FormerlyDean of Exeter (1726–1740). Nominated on 31 October 1740 and consecrated on 28 December 1740. Translated toSalisbury on 29 December 1748 then toYork on 24 May 1757.
1749	1755	Edward Cresset	FormerlyDean of Hereford (1736–1748). Nominated on 7 January 1749 and consecrated on 12 February 1749. Died in office on 13 February 1755.
1755	1761	Richard Newcome	FormerlyCanon of the Fourth Stall, Windsor (1749-1755). Nominated on 20 March 1755 and consecrated on 13 April 1755. Translated toSt Asaph on 9 July 1761.
1761	1769	John Ewer	Nominated on 6 August 1761 and consecrated on 28 December 1761. AlsoCanon of the Sixth Stall, Windsor (1738–1774). Translated toBangor on 10 January 1769.
1769		Jonathan Shipley	FormerlyDean of Winchester (1760–1769). Nominated on 19 January 1769 and consecrated on 12 February 1769. Translated toSt Asaph on 8 September 1769.
1769	1782	Shute Barrington	Formerly aCanon ofSt Paul's, London. Nominated on 13 September 1769 and consecrated on 1 October 1769. Translated toSalisbury on 27 August 1782 and then toDurham on 7 July 1791.
1782	1816	Richard Watson	Nominated on 30 August 1782 and consecrated on 20 October 1782. AlsoArchdeacon of Ely (1779–1816) andRegius Professor of Divinity atCambridge University (1771). Died in office on 4 July 1816.
1816	1819	Herbert Marsh	Nominated on 5 August 1816 and consecrated on 25 August 1816. Translated toPeterborough on 28 April 1819.
1819	1826	William Van Mildert	Nominated on 5 May 1819 and consecrated on 31 May 1819. Translated toDurham on 24 April 1826.
1826	1827	Charles Sumner	Nominated on 25 April 1826 and consecrated on 21 May 1826. Translated toWinchester on 12 December 1827.
1828	1849	Edward Copleston	Nominated on 18 December 1827 and consecrated on 13 January 1828. Died in office on 14 October 1849.
1849	1882	Alfred Ollivant	FormerlyRegius Professor of Divinity atCambridge University (1843) and aCanon ofSt David's. Nominated on 9 November 1849 and consecrated on 2 December 1849. Died in office on 16 December 1882.
1883	1905	Richard Lewis	Consecrated on 25 April 1883. Died in office on 24 January 1905.
1905	1920	Joshua Pritchard Hughes	Consecrated on 1 June 1905.

Bishops of Llandaff
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1920	1931	Joshua Pritchard Hughes	TheChurch in Wales was disestablished in 1920. Retired on 24 February 1931 and died on 9 April 1938.
1931	1939	Timothy ReesMC CR	Consecrated on 25 April 1931. Died in office on 29 April 1939.
1939	1957	John Morgan	Translated fromSwansea & Brecon. Elected on 22 June 1939 and confirmed on 27 September 1939. Also elected and confirmedArchbishop of Wales in 1949. Held both posts until his death on 26 June 1957.
1957	1970	Glyn Simon	Translated fromSwansea & Brecon. Elected on 30 July 1957 and confirmed on 25 September 1957. Also electedArchbishop of Wales on 22 May 1968 and confirmed on 13 June 1968. Retired from both posts on 30 June 1970 and died on 14 June 1972.
1970	1975	Eryl Thomas	Translated fromMonmouth. Elected on 4 October 1971 and confirmed on 7 December 1971. Retired on 9 November 1975 and died in 2001.
1975	1985	John Poole-Hughes	FormerlyBishop of South-West Tanganyika (1962-1974) and an Assistant Bishop of Llandaff. Elected on 9 December 1975 and confirmed on 23 January 1976. Retired in 1985 and died on 25 October 1988.
1985	1999	Roy Davies	Elected and confirmed in 1985. Retired in 1999 and died on 7 August 2013.
1999	2017	Barry Morgan	Translated fromBangor. Elected and confirmed in 1999. Also was electedArchbishop of Wales in 2002. Retired 31 January 2017.[18]
2017	2022	June Osborne	Elected and confirmed in 2017.[19][20] Retired 31 December 2022.[21]
2023	present	Mary Stallard	Confirmed 19 April 2023.[6]
Source(s):[22]

Among those non-retired bishops who have assisted the bishops of Llandaff have been:

• 1537 – 1561 (d.):Lewis Thomas, firstBishop suffragan of Shrewsbury, probably assisted the Bishop of Llandaff
• 2 June 1917 – 30 April 1921 (ret.):Lloyd Crossley, Rector ofSt Andrew's Major and formerbishop of Auckland^[23]
• 1961 – 1970 (ret.):Thomas Hughes,Archdeacon of Margam (until 1965), thenArchdeacon of Llandaff (until 1969)^[24]
• 1975 – 1976 (res.):John Poole Hughes, Curate atLlantwit Major and previously Bishop ofSouth-West Tanganyika; became diocesan bishop of Llandaff^[25]
• 1977 – 1983 (ret.):David Reece, Archdeacon of Margam (until 1981)^[26][27]
• 2004 – 2009 (ret.):David Yeoman,Archdeacon of Morgannwg (until 2006)^[28]
• 2009 – 2017 (ret.):David Wilbourne^[29]

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