Archbishop of Cardiff
The Archbishop of Cardiff is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff.
Archbishop of Cardiff | |
|---|---|
| Archbishopric | |
| catholic | |
| Incumbent: Mark O'Toole | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cardiff |
| Information | |
| Established | 1916 |
| Diocese | Cardiff |
| Cathedral | St David's Cathedral, Cardiff |
The archdiocese covers an area of 1,183 square miles (3,060 km2) and spans the historic counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and eastern Glamorganshire. The metropolitan see is in the city of Cardiff where the archbishop's seat is located at the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St David.
With the exception of the second archbishop, Francis Mostyn, born in Flintshire and of local descent, the Welsh connections of the archbishops have been extremely weak. Ireland, London and the English provinces have supplied a majority.
The see is currently held by Mark O'Toole, 8th Archbishop of Cardiff, who was appointed by the Holy See on 27 April 2022 and installed at St David's Cathedral, Cardiff on 20 June 2022.