Past and Present Bishops
- James Brown (appointed 27 June 1851 – died 14 October 1881)
- Edmund Knight (appointed 25 April 1882 – resigned 28 May 1895)
- John Carroll (succeeded 11 May 1895 – died 14 January 1897)
- Samuel Webster Allen (appointed 19 April 1897 – died 13 May 1908)
- Hugh Singleton (appointed 1 August 1908 – died 17 December 1934)
- Ambrose James Moriarty (succeeded 17 December 1934 – died 3 June 1949)
- John Aloysius Murphy (succeeded 3 June 1949 – translated to the Archdiocese of Cardiff on 22 August 1961)
- William Eric Grasar (appointed 26 April 1962 – resigned 20 March 1980)
- Joseph Gray (appointed 19 August 1980 – retired 23 June 1995)
- Brian Michael Noble (appointed 23 June 1995 – retired 1 October 2010)
- Mark Davies (current bishop, succeeded 1 October 2010)
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