Archdeacon of Brecon

The Archdeacon of Brecon is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese 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 he Disestablishment and Disendowment 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.

List of archdeacons of Brecon

1923: Archdeaconry redefined as part of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon

References

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