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places of worship A place of worship is a specially designed structure or space where individuals or a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or religious study. A building constructed or used for this purpose is somet ...

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

, capital city of

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Buddhist

*Cardiff Buddhist Centre,

Roath Roath ( cy, Y Rhath) is a district and community to the north-east of the city centre of Cardiff, capital of Wales. There is no community council for the area which is mostly covered by the Plasnewydd electoral ward, and stretches from Adamsdo ...

*Kagyu Samye Dzong, Canton

Christian

Baptist Union of Great Britain

Bethel Baptist Church, Whitchurch, Cardiff - geograph

* Albany Road Baptist Church,

Roath Park Roath Park ( cy, Parc y Rhath) Cardiff, Wales, is one of Cardiff's most popular parks, owned by Cardiff County Council and managed by the Parks Section. It retains a classic Victorian atmosphere and has many facilities. The park has recently ...

*Alfred Tilly Memorial Baptist Church (Rumney Baptist Church), Rumney *Ararat, Whitchurch *Belmont,

Tremorfa Tremorfa (Welsh for ''Tre'' town + ''morfa'' coastal marsh) is a district and (since 2016) community of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It falls into the Splott ward of Cardiff. Transport Tremorfa is served by the Cardiff Bus 11 route (was 61 for ...

*Bethany,

Rhiwbina Rhiwbina ( cy, Rhiwbeina, also ''Rhiwbina'') is a suburb and community in the north of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Formerly a small hamlet within the parish of Whitchurch, Rhiwbina was developed throughout the twentieth century, and is now a ...

*Bethel, Whitchurch *Calvary, Canton *Christchurch United Church,

Llanedeyrn Llanedeyrn ( cy, Llanedern) is a former village, now a district and community, in the east of the city of Cardiff, Wales, located around 3.5 miles from the city centre. The parish of Llanedeyrn rests on the banks of the river Rhymney and is visi ...

*Cornwall Street Baptist Church, Grangetown *Ely (Archer Rd) Baptist, The Church on the Roundabout, Ely *Grangetown Baptish Church, Grangetown *Llanishen Baptist Church,

Llanishen Llanishen (Welsh language, Welsh Llanisien ''llan'' church + ''Isien'' Saint Isan) is a district and Community (Wales), community in the north of Cardiff, Wales. Its population as of the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 17,417. Lla ...

*Lisvane Baptist Church,

Lisvane Lisvane ( cy, Llys-faen) is an affluent community in the north of Cardiff, the capital of Wales, located north of the city centre. Lisvane is generally considered to be one of the wealthiest residential areas of Wales, with an average house ...

*Pentyrch Street,

Cathays Cathays ( ; Welsh: officially ''Cathays'' but also , 'the constant meadow') is a district and community in the centre of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is an old suburb of Cardiff established in 1875. It is very densely populated and contain ...

*Siloam,

Llanrumney Llanrumney ( cy, Llanrhymni) is a suburb, community and electoral ward in east Cardiff, Wales. Llanrumney was in Monmouthshire until it was incorporated into Cardiff in 1938. History The land where modern Llanrumney stands was left to Keynsham ...

*Splott Baptist Church,

Splott Splott ( cy, Y Sblot) is a district and community in the south of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales, just east of the city centre. It was built up in the late 19th century on the land of two farms of the same name: Upper Splott and Lower Spl ...

Tredegarville Baptist Church Tredegarville Baptist Church (also uses the name Tredegarville International Church) is a Baptist chapel in the suburb of Roath, Cardiff. It was established to reach Roman Catholics with the Gospel. History The church was founded to serve the n ...

, Roath, also used by Life Church Cardiff *Woodville Baptist Church, Cathays

Baptist Union of Wales

Tabernacle, The Hayes, Cardiff - geograph

* Tabernacl, city centre

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

*Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Rhiwbina

Church in Wales

Llandaff Cathedral Llandaff Cathedral ( cy, Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf) is an Anglican cathedral and parish church in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales. It is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff, head of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. It is dedicated to Saint Pet ...

Llandaff Llandaff (; cy, Llandaf ; from 'church' and ''River Taff, Taf'') is a district, Community (Wales), community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It was incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of ...

*All Saints',

Llandaff North Llandaff North ( cy, Ystum Taf), is a district, community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Description It is located in the north of Cardiff and can be considered a two-part ward, each containin ...

*All Saints', Rhiwbina *Christ Church, Roath Park * Christ Church, Radyr * St Andrew and St Teilo, Cathays, operating as Citizen Church * St Augustine's, Rumney * St Catherine's, Canton *St David's, Caerau * St Denys', Lisvane * Dewi Sant, city centre – formerly St Andrew's *St Dyfrig and St Samson, Grangetown (also used by the

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Parish of St Stephen) * St Edward the Confessor, Roath * St Edeyrn's, Old St Mellons *St Faith's, Llanishen * St German's, Adamsdown * St Isan's, Llanishen *

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, city centre – one of the two churches of

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Cardiff, with St Mary's.

* St John the Baptist, Danescourt * St John the Evangelist, Canton (also used by the

Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (russian: Ру́сская Правосла́вная Це́рковь Заграни́цей, lit=Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, translit=Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov' Zagranitsey), also called Ru ...

Parish of the Kazan Icon of The Mother of God) *St Luke's, Canton * St Margaret's, Roath *St Mark's,

Gabalfa Gabalfa (, ) is a district and community in the north of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is characterised by a four-lane fly over road at the Gabalfa Interchange, where the A48 road meets the A470 road (North Road) which leads from C ...

* St Martin's Roath * St Mary's Whitchurch *St Mary the Virgin, Butetown *St Michael and All Angels, Cathays * St Paul's, Grangetown *St Philip, Tremorfa * Church of the Resurrection, Ely * St Saviour's, Splott *St Thomas's, Birchgrove *St Timothy's, Caerau

Ecumenical churches and shared churches

*Canton Uniting Church, Canton (Baptist Union of Great Britain and United Reformed Church) *Christchurch, Llandaff North (shared by Methodist and United Reformed churches) *Christchurch, Fairwater (shared by Methodist and United Reformed churches) *St David's Ecumenical Church, Pentwyn (Baptist Union of Great Britain, Church in Wales and United Reformed Church) *Llanrumney Community Church, Llanrumney (shared by Rhiwbina Baptist Church and New Hope Community Church) *Pontprennau Community Church, Pontprennau (Baptist, Church in Wales, Methodist and United Reformed Church) *The Church of the Resurrection, St Mellons

Elim Pentecostal Church

*City Church, Riverside *The Beacon Church, St Mellons

Evangelical Lutheran Church of England

* St David's, Fairwater

Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales

*Bethel,

Culverhouse Cross Culverhouse Cross ( cy, Croes Cwrlwys) is a district straddling the boundary between Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, in the community of Wenvoe. The district is centred on a major traffic roundabout that links West Cardiff to the M4 mo ...

*Immanuel, Caerau

Gospel Halls

*Adamsdown Gospel Hall, Adamsdown *Canton Gospel Hall, Canton *Ebenezer Gospel Hall, Grangetown *Fairwater Gospel Hall, Fairwater *Heath Gospel Hall,

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*Leckwith Gospel Hall (The Church in the Avenue), Canton

Greek Orthodox Church

*St Nicholas's Church, Butetown

Independent Baptist

* Ainon, Tongwynlais *Cornwall Street Baptist Church, Grangetown *Emmanuel, Gabalfa *Gabalfa Baptist Church, Gabalfa *St Mellons (Caersalem) Baptist Church, St Mellons *Rhiwbina Baptist Church, Rhiwbina

Jehovah's Witnesses

*Kingdom Hall, Gabalfa *Kingdom Hall, Llanrumney

Methodist Church

*St Andrew's, Birchgrove (also used by Seventh-day Adventist Church) * Cathays Methodist Church, Cathays *Copleston Road Methodist Church, Llandaff North * Cyncoed Methodist Church,

Cyncoed Cyncoed ( ); is an affluent and exclusive community in the northeast of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. With many properties in the area fetching over £1 million, Cyncoed is considered to have some of the highest property prices in the country. Cy ...

* Conway Road Pontcanna (also used by

German Lutheran Church The United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (German: Vereinigte Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Deutschlands, VELKD) was founded on July 8, 1948, in Eisenach, Germany. Its total membership is 8.6 million people. The Member Churches of this org ...

and the

Russian Orthodox Russian Orthodoxy (russian: Русское православие) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, whose liturgy is or was traditionally conducted in Church Slavonic language. Most ...

parish of St Theodore & St Teilo) *Ely Methodist, Ely * Llanishen Methodist Church, Llanishen *St Paul's,

Butetown Butetown (or ''The Docks'', cy, Tre-biwt) is a district and community in the south of the city of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. It was originally a model housing estate built in the early 19th century by the 2nd Marquess of Bute, for whose t ...

*Radyr Methodist, Radyr *Rumney Methodist Church, Rumney *Wesley Methodist, Canton *Whitchurch Methodist, Whitchurch

Presbyterian Church of Wales

*Cathedral Road, Pontcanna *Fairwater Church, Fairwater *Park End, Cyncoed *Tabernacle, Whitchurch *Saltmead Hall, Grangetown

Quakers

*Friends Meeting House, city centre

Roman Catholic Church

Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral (June 2014)

* Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral (St David's Cathedral), city centre * St Alban-on-the-Moors, Splott *Blessed Sacrament, Rumney *St Brigid's, Llanishen *St Cadoc's Church, Llanrumney *Christ the King, Llanishen *St Clare's, Ely *St Francis of Assisi, Ely *Holy Family, Fairwater *St John Lloyd, Rumney * St Joseph's, Gabalfa * St Mary of the Angels, Canton *Our Lady of Lourdes, Llandaff North * St Patrick's, Grangetown *St Paul's, Cyncoed * St Peter's, Plasnewydd *St Philip Evans, Llanedeyrn *St Teilo's, Whitchurch *University Catholic Chaplaincy

Salvation Army

*The Salvation Army, Canton *The Salvation Army, Cathays *The Salvation Army, Ely *The Salvation Army, Grangetown *The Salvation Army, Splott

Union of Welsh Independents

*Eglwys Minny Street, Cathays

United Reformed Church

* St Andrews, Roath *Bethel, Llanishen *Bethesda, Tongwynlais *Beulah, Rhiwbina * City United Reformed Church, city centre * Parkminster United Reformed Church, Roath (also used by Calvary Church of God in Christ)

Other denominations and independent churches

Cardiff Chinese Christian Church - geograph

*All Nations Church, Heath *Bethania, St Mellons *Bethesda, Rhiwbina *Cardiff Chinese Christian Church, Canton *Church of God, Canton *Ebenezer Church, Grangetown *Eglwys y Crwys, Cathays *Eglwys Efengylaidd Gymraeg Caerdydd (Cardiff Welsh Evangelical Church), Cathays *Freedom Church, Butetown *Garden of the Lord, Tremorfa *Glenwood Church, Llanedeyrn *Heath Evangelical Church, Gabalfa, also holds services of the Cardiff Korean Church. *Highfields Church, Cathays *International Church, Cathays *Llandaff North Christian Centre, Llandaff North (formerly Llandaff North Gospel Hall) *Llanishen Evangelical Church, Llanishen (formerly Emmaus Chapel) *Mackintosh Evangelical Church, Roath *Minster Christian Centre, Roath *New Hope Centre, Butetown
New Hope Community Church
Llanrumney *New Testament Church of God, Butetown *Rumney Gospel Chapel, Rumney *Salem, Canton *Shiloh Pentecostal Church, Riverside *The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) House of Praise, Cardiff * Tabernacle, Roath *Thornhill Church, Thornhill

Hindu

*India Centre, Splott *Sanatan Dharma Mandal, city centre * Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Grangetown

Islam

*Al Falah Centre, Riverside * Al-Manar Centre, Cathays *Dar-ul-Isra, Cathays *Grangetown Muslim Cultural Centre, Grangetown *Jalalia Mosque & Islamic Education Centre, Riverside *Jamia Masjid Bilal, Canton *Madina Mosque, Cathays *Masjid Noor,

*Masjid-e-Umar, Roath * Shah Jalal Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre, Cathays *South Wales Islamic Centre,

Judaism

Movement for Reform

* Cardiff Reform Synagogue, Adamsdown

Orthodox

* Cardiff United Synagogue, Cyncoed

Sikhism

*Sri Dasmesh Singh Sabha Gurdwara Bhatra, Riverside *Sikh Gurdwara Temple, Roath

Notable defunct places of worship

Norwegian Church Cardiff Bay (2990271278)

* All Souls Chapel, Cardiff, Cardiff Bay − a large chapel catering primarily to seamen (a converted ship had served in this capacity previously). Closed in 1952 and demolished. * St Anne's Church, Roath – designed by a pupil of

William Burges William Burges (; 2 December 1827 – 20 April 1881) was an English architect and designer. Among the greatest of the Victorian art-architects, he sought in his work to escape from both nineteenth-century industrialisation and the Neoc ...

it opened in 1887, but closed in December 2015 with a £250,000 repair bill looming. *

St James the Great James the Great, also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob (Aramaic ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܙܒܕܝ, Arabic يعقوب, Hebrew בן זבדי , '' Yaʿăqōḇ'', Latin '' ...

, Adamsdown – Built 1890-3, closed in 2006 with plans to convert it into apartments. * Lightship 2000, Cardiff Bay – a former lightship used as a church until 2013, with a minister from the United Reformed church. * St Mary's, city centre – Cardiff's main church from the 12th century until it was destroyed by flooding in the 17th century. * St Mary the Virgin, Caerau – 13th century church last used in 1973. * Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay – de-consecrated in 1974, subsequently relocated and re-opened as an arts centre. * St Stephen's,

– deconsecrated in 1972, subsequently becoming a theatre and live music venue until 2009. * St Teilo's, St Fagans – ancient church re-erected at St Fagans National History Museum * Wood Street Congregational Church, city centre – once the largest congregational chapel in South Wales. Demolished in the 1960s.

References

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