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 cathedrals in Herefordshire, England, as part of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
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 | 553 | |
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 |
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 | 1916 | |
Swansea Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Joseph | Diocese of Menevia | 1987 | |
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 |
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