Titular Episcopal See of Newport, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Newport (English) / Neoportus (latine) / Neoporten(sis) (Latin)

Location: m. Westminster, Wales

1840: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Wales District (from Apostolic Vicariate of Western District)
1850.09.29: Promoted as Diocese of Newport and Menevia (English) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Shrewsbury and became suffragan of Westminster)
1895.07.04: Renamed as Diocese of Newport (English) / Neoportus (latine) / Neoporten(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Wales)
1916.02.07: Suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff)
1969: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Newport (English) / Neoportus (latine) / Neoporten(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop (2023.01.05 – ...):

Bishop Michael John Izen (59)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Bishops of Newport (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B.
(1895 – 1915.11.11)

Titular Bishop of Cæsaropolis (1873.07.22 – 1881.02.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Newport and Menevia (Wales) (1873.07.22 – 1881.02.18)

Bishop of Newport and Menevia (Wales) (1881.02.18 – 1895)

Bishop of Newport (Wales) (1895 – 1915.11.11)

Bishops of Newport and Menevia (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B.
(1881.02.18 – 1895)

(see above)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B.
(1850.09.29 – 1880.04.12)

Titular Bishop of Apollonia (1840.06.05 – 1850.09.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Wales District (Wales) (1840.06.05 – 1850.09.29)

Bishop of Newport and Menevia (Wales) (1850.09.29 – 1880.04.12)

Vicars Apostolic of Wales District (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B.
(1840.06.05 – 1850.09.29)

(see above)

Titular Bishop: Bishop Howard George Tripp (1979.12.20 – 2022.10.03)
Titular Archbishop: Blessed Archbishop Fulton John Sheen (1969.10.06 – 1979.12.09)