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).
A small church on a hilltop site, chiefly of interest for its innovative structural design and stained glass. It is... Read More
Built at the time of the Second Vatican Council and very traditional for its date, this is a well-detailed... Read More
An attractive building of the 1880s in Early English Gothic style, faced in red brick inside and out. It was designed... Read More
A late-eighteenth century former tannery, sympathetically converted for Catholic use in 1952. Notwithstanding its... Read More
A former Methodist chapel originally of 1814 and rebuilt in 1872 to the designs of Owen Morris Roberts. The chapel was... Read More
An imposing modernist church by Weightman & Bullen built in the 1960s of dark brick with a flat roof and prominent... Read More
Holywell is an important place of pilgrimage with a long history of faith and spiritual renewal. St Winefride’s... Read More
Historically the mother church for a parish that stretched originally from Rhyl to Bangor and south to Dolgellau, this... Read More
An imposing modernist church by Weightman & Bullen built in the late 1960s of pale brick with a flat roof, squat... Read More
A plain, hall-type structure of the 1950s with later narthex, lying within the town centre conservation area.The... Read More
As a church that has been converted from a shop by voluntary labour working under the direction of its cultured parish... Read More
Although the church (built in 1959) is of limited architectural significance, it has an appealing light-filled... Read More
