Matthew Pritchard

(1669 – 22 May 1750) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of England and Wales from 1713 to 1750.

[1] Born at Graig, near Monmouth, south Wales in 1669, he was ordained a priest of the Order of Friars Minor in 1693.

He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District and Titular Bishop of Myra on 20 September 1713.

[1] He resigned on 20 November 1744, but this resignation wasn't actualised and he died while in office con 22 May 1750, aged 81.

[1][2] Pritchard is buried in St Cenedlon's Church, Rockfield, just across the River Monnow from his home at Perth-hir House.