Bishop of Swansea and Brecon

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The Bishop of Swansea and Brecon is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.

The diocese covers the City and County of Swansea and the traditional counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire. The see is in the town of Brecon where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Evangelist which was a parish church since the Reformation, becoming elevated to cathedral status in 1923.

The Bishops residence is Ely Tower, Brecon.

The office was created in 1923 at the founding of the diocese. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Anthony Edward Pierce, the 8th Bishop of Swansea and Brecon.

[edit] List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1923 to 1934	Edwin Lathan Bevan	Previously Assistant Bishop of Swansea (Diocese of St Davids)
1934 to 1939	John Morgan
1939 to 1953	Edward William Williamson
1953 to 1958	William Glyn Hughes Simon
1958 to 1976	John James Absalom Thomas
1976 to 1988	Benjamin Noel Young Vaughan
1988 to 1999	Dewi Morris Bridges
1999 to present	Anthony Edward Pierce

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