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Brecon Cathedral

📍 Powys, Wales

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Brecon Cathedral, in the town of Brecon, Powys, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales and seat of the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon. Previously the church of Brecon Priory and then the Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, it became Brecon Cathedral following the disestablishment of the Church in Wales in 1920 and the creation of the diocese in 1923.

Built on the site of an earlier Celtic church, the new church was ordered by Bernard de Neufmarché, the Norman knight who conquered the kingdom of Brycheiniog, c. 1093. Originally a Benedictine priory. A magnificent 'golden rood' screen was erected in the 15th century. Restored in the Victorian era by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Elevated to cathedral status in 1923 as the seat of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.