St Joseph's Church, Cardiff
Church in Wales
51°30′04″N 3°11′21″W / 51.5010°N 3.1892°W / 51.5010; -3.1892St Joseph's Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Cardiff, Wales. It is administered by the Rosminians. It serves the areas of Gabalfa, Cathays, and Maindy.[1]
History
Early history
The Rosminians arrived in Cardiff in 1854.[2][3][4] They first established St Peter's Church, Roath,[2] and St Alban's Church, Splott.[2] The first church building of St Joseph's used parts from an iron church at St Alban's parish, which received a new building in 1911.[2][5] This opened on shrubland in Gabalfa on 1 June 1913, served by priests from St Peter's parish.[2][3][4] In 1921, it became an independent parish, serving around 1,000 Catholics.[2] The presbytery building was completed later, in 1927.[5]
The current church building received funding in 1934 from an £11,000 donation from Thomas Callaghan after the death of his wife Edith.[2][5] It was designed by the architect F. R. Bates, with rounded arches and red-brown brick construction.[6] This opened on 28 October 1936.[2] It has a baptistery, bell tower, choir loft, and aisled nave.[5]
Modern history
The interior of St Joseph's Church was changed significantly after the Second Vatican Council.[2] The church hall was added in the late 2000s.[citation needed]
Music
Organ
The organ at St Joseph's was built in 1947 by Conacher and Co, with six ranks of pipes.[7] This organ remained in the church until 2008, when water damage meant that the organ was scrapped. It was replaced with an electric organ in 2008.
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The current Viscount electric organ in the choir loft
References
- ^ "St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Canada Road, Maendy (14242)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Norman, Peter (February 2013). St. Joseph's Parish Cardiff – The Early Years 1913–1936. Cardiff: Self-Published. pp. 5–54.
- ^ a b "Saint Joseph's Parish, Cardiff – Clergy of the Parish". www.saintjosephs.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ a b "St Joseph's Cardiff – Served by the Rosminians". www.rosminians.org.uk. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d Rose, Jean M. (2013). "11". Cardiff churches through time. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-4456-1092-4. OCLC 824182948.
- ^ Newman, John; Hughes, Stephen R.; Ward, Anthony (1995). Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales - Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan. Yale University Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0140710564.
- ^ "NPOR [N11889]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
External links
Media related to St. Joseph's Church, Cardiff at Wikimedia Commons- Parish Website
