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Brecon Cathedral
Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist
Brecon Cathedral, viewed from inside the grounds to the south.
Brecon Cathedral
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51°57′04″N 3°23′31″W / 51.951111°N 3.391944°W / 51.951111; -3.391944
LocationBrecon
CountryWales
DenominationChurch in Wales
History
DedicationJohn the Evangelist
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed building
Designated16 January 1952
Administration
ProvinceChurch in Wales
DioceseDiocese of Swansea and Brecon (since 1923)
Clergy
Bishop(s)Bishop of Swansea and Brecon
DeanThe Very Revd Dr Paul Shackerley
PrecentorThe Rev'd Canon Steven Griffith
Laity
Organist(s)Stephen Power
Priory Church, Brecon (c.1865)

Brecon Cathedral (Welsh: Eglwys Gadeiriol Aberhonddu), 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.

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