The Bishop of Swansea was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of St David's, [1] in the Church of England Province of Canterbury until 1920 and then in the Church in Wales.It took its name after the town of Swansea, then in Glamorganshire; since the erection of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon in 1923, the title has been united to the diocesan Bishop of Swansea and Brecon. [2]
Bishops of Swansea | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1890 | 1915 | John Lloyd | Died in office. [3] |
1915 | 1923 | Edward Bevan | Church in Wales from 1920; elected first diocesan Bishop of Swansea and Brecon at that diocese's erection. [4] |