The Archdeacon of Brecon is a senior
ecclesiastical officer in the
Church in WalesDiocese of Swansea and Brecon. The
archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of Brecon, which comprises the five rural deaneries of Brecon, Builth, Crickhowell, Hay and Maelienydd.[1]
History
The first recorded archdeacons of Brecon occur soon after the
Norman Conquest in the
Diocese of St David's, based in a fortified palace at Llan-ddew. However, no territorial titles are recorded until after
c. 1125. Following the
disestablishment of the Church in Wales in 1920, the Archdeaconry of Brecon was separated from St David's diocese in 1923 to become the new
Diocese of Swansea and Brecon, and subdivided into the present two archdeaconries of Brecon (redefined) and
Gower.
^'Gwent, Richard', in J. Foster (ed.), Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (Oxford 1891),
pp. 600-25 (British History Online). Will of Richard Gwent (P.C.C. 1543/44).