List of cathedrals in Wales

This is a list of all cathedrals in Wales, both Anglican Church in Wales cathedrals, and most of the Roman Catholic cathedrals of the Metropolitan Province of Cardiff, excluding the province's former pro cathedral Belmont Abbey in Herefordshire, England, as part of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.

## Church in Wales

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Bangor

Brecon

Llandaff

Newport

St Asaph

St. David's

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Map of the Church in Wales cathedrals

There are six dioceses of Wales with a Bishop for each diocese of the Church in Wales. The Archbishop of Wales is elected by the Electoral College from amongst the six Welsh diocesan bishops. The first Archbishop of Wales was enthroned in 1920.[1]

The Welsh Church Act 1914 caused the Church of England to be disestablished in Wales and Monmouthshire in 1920, and allowed the establishment of the Church in Wales and enthronement of the first Archbishop of Wales in the same year.[2][3][1] The act introduction states, "An Act to terminate the establishment of the Church of England in Wales and Monmouthshire, and to make provision in respect of the Temporalities thereof, and for other purposes in connection with the matters aforesaid."[4]

Image  | Name and dedication  | Diocese  | Established, location

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| Bangor Cathedral

Cathedral Church of St Deiniol

|  Diocese of Bangor | 456
secular canons 1092  |
| Brecon Cathedral

Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist

|  Diocese of Swansea and Brecon | 1923
Benedictine priory 1093/1110–1538  |
| Llandaff Cathedral

Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul, St Dyfrig, St Teilo and St Euddogwy

|  Diocese of Llandaff | 550
monastery, secular canons 1107  |
| Newport Cathedral

Cathedral Church of St Woolos

|  Diocese of Monmouth | 1921 as co-cathedral

1949 as cathedral

former parish church  |
| St Asaph Cathedral

Cathedral Church of St Asaph

|  Diocese of St Asaph | 1143
monastery, secular canons 1143  |
| St Davids Cathedral

Cathedral Church of St David

|  Diocese of St Davids | 580
secular canons 1116

originally dedicated to St Andrew and St David

## Catholic Church

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Catholic Province of Cardiff until 2024. A map of the ecclesiastical province in the Catholic Church. The crosses mark where the Cathedrals prior to 2024 of each diocese was located. The pre-2024 specific dioceses are in different colours.

Cardiff

Swansea

Wrexham

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Map of the catholic Catholic cathedrals in Wales

The Welsh and Herefordshire operations of the Catholic Church in England and Wales is divided into three dioceses; the Diocese of Wrexham, the Diocese of Menevia and the Archdiocese of Cardiff. Together these dioceses make up the Catholic Province of Cardiff.[5]

The Archdiocese of Cardiff includes 78 churches including Cardiff cathedral. 70 of these churches are in south east Wales and 8 churches in Herefordshire, England.[6] The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales is a permanent assembly of Catholic Bishops and Personal Ordinaries in the two member countries of Wales and England.[7]

Image  | Name and dedication  | Diocese  | Established, location

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| Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral

Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of St David

|  Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia | 1916

| Swansea Cathedral

Cathedral Church of St Joseph

| Diocese of Menevia (1898–2024)  | 1987–2024
church opened in 1888, located in Convent Street, Greenhill, SA1 2BX  |
| Wrexham Cathedral

Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows

| Diocese of Wrexham | 1907
parish church 1847

pro-cathedral 1907–1987

## Former cathedrals

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See also: List of former cathedrals in Great Britain § Wales

Going by the Cathedral definition of seating a bishop this list does not include St David's and St Asaph's attempt's to relocate to larger towns but will several early Celtic Catholic pre-congregational churches. Several of these are shrouded in mystery making it hard to figure out what's right and what's wrong

Image  | Name and dedication  | Diocese  | Established, location

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| St Padarn's Church, Llanbadarn Fawr

Saint Padarn's church

|  Diocese of St Davids | 6th century-8th century[8][9]
N/A  | Glasbury Cathedral

Saint Cynidr

|  Diocese of St Davids | 6th century-11th century

| Church of St Kentigern and St Asa

Original dedication unknown

|  Diocese of St Asaph | 6th century-11th century
St Asaph's former location  |

| St Saeran's Church, Llanynys

St Saeran's Church

|  Diocese of St Asaph | 6th century
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| St Cybi's Church

St Cybi's Church

|  Diocese of Bangor | 6th century

| St Teilo's Church, Llandeilo Fawr

St Teilio's Church

|  Diocese of St Davids | 6th century-11th century

| St Margaret's Church

St Margaret's Church

| Diocese of Hereford | 6th century-8th century
Was in Wales prior to 1844[11] |

## See also

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### Wales

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* Christianity in Wales
* Religion in Wales
* List of cities in Wales
* List of monastic houses in Wales

### Elsewhere

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* List of cathedrals in Scotland
* List of cathedrals in Ireland
* List of cathedrals in England
* List of cathedrals in France

## References

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1. ^ a b "Bishops". Church in Wales. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
2. ^ "Welsh Church Act – Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
3. ^ Doe, Norman (5 March 2020). A New History of the Church in Wales: Governance and Ministry, Theology and Society. Cambridge University Press. p. 19\. ISBN 978-1-108-49957-6.
4. ^ "Welsh Church Act 1914".
5. ^ Spencer, James. "Wales". www.catholiceducation.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
6. ^ "Churches". Archdiocese of Cardiff. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
7. ^ "The Church". Catholic Bishops' Conference. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
8. ^ https://cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-to-visit/earl-leicesters-church
9. ^ https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/100046/
10. ^ https://www.mythslegendsodditiesnorth-east-wales.co.uk/st-saeran-s-church
11. ^ https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/heref/vol1/p248

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