The Diocese of Wrexham was created in 1987, and covers north and central Wales. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cardiff, within the Province of Cardiff. The cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, is in Wrexham. 59 churches were visited for Taking Stock (concluded in June 2019).
From 1898 the pro-cathedral church of the Diocese of Menevia and since 1987 the cathedral of the Diocese of Wrexham.... Read More
A modern, functional design of the mid 1970s, built to accommodate increasing numbers during the holiday season.... Read More
One of three unusual and distinctive Catholic churches by the Italian engineer and architect Giuseppe Rinvolucri built... Read More
A simple stone-built church of the mid-1950s, with additions of 1969-70, designed by Maurice T. Pritchard of Blaenau... Read More
A landmark modern church with an innovative structure of parabolic arches, built in 1932-37 to the designs of Giuseppe... Read More
A late Gothic Revival church with Arts and Crafts influences constructed in 1909-10 from designs by Alfred Gilbertson... Read More
A striking Vatican II-era design by S. Powell Bowen of Colwyn Bay, its almost vernacular forms and materials bedding... Read More
A simple brick-built church of the mid-1960s built to serve Catholic construction workers at the Wylfa nuclear power... Read More
A striking modern church on a square plan, owing something to Maguire & Murray’s influential church of St Paul,... Read More
A modern steel-framed church on a square plan, designed by L. A. G. Prichard & Son of Liverpool and built in... Read More
A simple concrete framed design of the mid-1950s, on a steep and wooded site and set well back behind a later parish... Read More
A small 1950s concrete portal-framed church built primarily to cater for summer visitors to this seaside village. The... Read More
