Cardiff Cathedral
The Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral ( Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St David ) in the Welsh capital Cardiff , the Episcopal Church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff and the Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral of Wales. Named after David of Menevia , the patron saint of Wales, the neo-Gothic church was built in 1884-1887 according to plans by Edward and Peter Paul Pugin as a parish church and in 1920 elevated to the status of cathedral of the newly founded Archdiocese of Cardiff.
history
After centuries of state repression, a Catholic community was able to re-establish itself in Cardiff at the beginning of the 19th century. Their first church on David Street was completed in 1842. Rapid membership growth made it necessary to build a second, larger church on Charles Street towards the end of the 19th century , which is now the cathedral. On March 3, 1941, St. David was badly damaged in a German air raid . It was only able to reopen in 1959 after years of reconstruction work.
Architecture and equipment
The cathedral, a vestibule church with an open wooden roof and a short, recessed, flat-closing choir , is kept in the strict forms of the early English Gothic . Chapels with arched openings are added to the yokes of the nave . The portal facade is flanked to the south by a tall square bell tower.
The original equipment is only partially preserved. It was supplemented by contemporary pieces after the destruction of the war and after the Second Vatican Council .
organ
The organ was built in 1959 by the organ builder John Compton. The instrument has 48 registers on three manuals and a pedal .
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Individual evidence
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- ↑ For more information on organ (English)
Web links
- Network presence of the Cathedral (English)
- Basic data
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 51.3 " N , 3 ° 10 ′ 26.5" W.