Since 1987, the Diocese of Menevia has covered south west and central Wales. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cardiff, within the Province of Cardiff. The cathedral, dedicated to St Joseph, is in Swansea. The name of the diocese comes from the Roman name for the area around St David’s. 53 churches were visited for Taking Stock (concluded in June 2019).
The Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Menevia since the creation of the diocese in 1978. The building was built by... Read More
A small Wesleyan chapel built in 1864 and acquired by the Aberystwyth Carmelites for Catholic use in 1957. The chief... Read More
A modern design of the late 1960s, built as a daughter church to St Winefride’s, on a fan-shaped plan to encourage... Read More
An economical design of the early twenty-first century, notable for its boldly projecting west tower and some stained... Read More
Brecon was a centre of Catholic recusancy and has been served by a resident Catholic priest almost continuously since... Read More
A modern design by Thomas Price of the time of the Second Vatican Council, of block-like form with simple rectangular... Read More
A small brick church in late Arts and Crafts Romanesque style, built in 1951-2 under the supervision of (and... Read More
A small hexagonal brick church by Percy Thomas & Sons, built the year before the firm won the competition to... Read More
The Abbey church is an integral but relatively modest part of the monastic complex at Caldey Island, which was... Read More
A small two-cell medieval church, probably of the late twelfth or early thirteenth century, repaired and restored in... Read More
Part of a small medieval priory which was a Norman re-foundation on the site of a fifth or sixth century Celtic... Read More
The church and shrine complex was built in 1970 from designs by Weightman & Bullen, a well-known firm of Catholic... Read More
