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 cathedrals in Herefordshire, England, as part of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.

Church in 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]

Map of the Church in Wales cathedrals
Image Name and dedication Diocese Established, location
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

Roman Catholic Church

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]

Catholic Province of Cardiff. This is a current map of the ecclesiastical province in the Catholic Church. The crosses mark where the current Cathedrals of each diocese is located. The specific dioceses are in different colours.
Map of the catholic Roman Catholic cathedrals in Wales
Image Name and dedication Diocese Established, location
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

See also

Wales

Elsewhere

References
  1. "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.

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