Diocese of St Asaph

The Diocese of St Asaph (Latin: Dioecesis Assavensis ) is a diocese of the Anglican Church in Wales based in St Asaph. Until the English Reformation, it was a Roman Catholic diocese.

History

The Diocese of St Asaph was built in 573. In the mid-13th century the bishopric of St Asaph included 69 churches and 19 chapels. The diocese was divided into eight deaneries.

The last Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Goldwell, fled in 1559. Bishop Thomas Goldwell died 1581 in Rome.

The Catholic Diocese of St Asaph was the archbishopric of Canterbury, is a suffragan.

After the English Reformation, the diocese of St Asaph belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury Church of England, to the Welsh Anglican Church in 1920 became independent as the Church in Wales.