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The Bishop of Swansea was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of St David's, 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.

List of bishops

Bishops of Swansea
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1890	1915	John Lloyd	Died in office.
1915	1923	Edward Bevan	Church in Wales from 1920; elected first diocesan Bishop of Swansea and Brecon at that diocese's erection.

References

"The Suffragan Bishop of Swansea" in the Journal, Carmarthen, 4 July 1890, p. 2 (Archive accessed 7 October 2017)
"in memoriam: The Bishop of Swansea and Brecon". Church Times. No. 3707. 9 February 1934. p. 171. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 October 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
"Death of Bishop Lloyd" in the Carmarthen Journal, 18 June 1916, p. 5 (Archive accessed 7 October 2017)
Diocesan web-site (Archived 25 July 2011; accessed 14 October 2017)

v t e Bishops of Swansea
John Lloyd Edward Bevan (became diocesan Bishop of Swansea and Brecon)

Bishops suffragan in the Church of England

Active suffragan sees

Province of Canterbury

Province of York

Former suffragan sees

Abeyant	Alnwick Aylesbury Barrow-in-Furness Bishopwearmouth Boston Bristol Chelsea Cirencester Coventry Derby Guildford Halifax Hexham Hulme Ipswich Kendal Leicester Leominster Ludlow Maidstone Marlborough Northampton Nottingham Penrydd Rochdale Shaftesbury Sheffield Southwark Swansea Whalley Wigan
Translated	Knaresborough (to Ripon) Malmesbury (to Swindon) Pontefract (to Wakefield) Richmond (to Kirkstall)

See also: Suffragan Bishops Act 1534; Bishop for the Falkland Islands; Bishop to the Forces; spokesperson bishops; Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

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