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The Cathedral Church of Saints Asaph and Cyndeyrn, commonly called St Asaph Cathedral (Welsh: Eglwys Gadeiriol Llanelwy), is a cathedral in St Asaph, Denbighshire, north Wales. It is the episcopal seat of the Bishop of St Asaph. The cathedral dates back 1,400 years, while the current building dates from the 13th century. [1]
St Asaph (/ ˈ æ s ə f /; [1] Welsh: Llanelwy [ɬanˈɛlʊɨ̯] "church on the Elwy" [2]) is a cathedral city [3] and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales.In the 2011 Census it had a population of 3,355, [4] making it the second-smallest city in the United Kingdom in terms of population and urban area.
St Asaph, Flintshire (historically), Denbighshire (modern) Venerated in: Eastern Orthodox Church [1] Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion: Major shrine: St Asaph Cathedral, Flintshire (destroyed) Feast: 1 May, 5 May, 11 May: Attributes: Bishop with a book, or monk carrying hot coals: Patronage: St Asaph
This is a list of the deans of St Asaph Cathedral, Wales. ... british-history.ac.uk (c.1300-c.1550) s:Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/123;
The Domesday Book of 1086 gives scanty particulars of a few churches but is silent as to the cathedral. Early in the twelfth century Norman influence asserted itself and in 1143 Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury, consecrated one Gilbert as Bishop of St. Asaph, but the position of his successors was very difficult and one of them, Godfrey, was driven away by poverty and the hostility of the Welsh.
This diocese was founded by St. Kentigern about the middle of the sixth century, when he was exiled from his see in Scotland. He founded a monastery called Llanelwy at the confluence of the rivers Clwyd and Elwy in north east Wales, where after his return to Scotland in 573 he was succeeded by Asaph or Asa, who was consecrated Bishop of Llanelwy.
Diocese of St Asaph: Proposed St Asaph move begun in 1578–9, abandoned in 1584 [8] Planned Puritan cathedral built on site of earlier church, in north Wales then largest town N/A N/A. Diocese of St Asaph: Proposed St Asaph move from 1281 to 1283 Proposed move to new English fortified town Rhuddlan.
1966–1970 Graham John Elliott (afterwards organist of St Asaph Cathedral) 1970–1980 Anthony Burns-Cox (later organist of Romsey Abbey) 1980–2010 Michael Hoeg [10] 2010–2012 James Norrey (afterwards Assistant Director of Music at Newcastle Cathedral) [11] [12] [13] 2012–2013 Sachin Gunga (post dissolved December 2013) [14] [15]