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Bangor Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Saint Deiniol
Bangor Cathedral from Bangor Mountain.jpg
Bangor Cathedral
Location Bangor, Gwynedd
Country Wales
Denomination Anglican
History
Founded 525AD (525AD)
Founder(s) Saint Deiniol
Dedicated 525AD
Consecrated 546AD
Past bishop(s) Saint Deiniol - first Bishop of Bangor
Thomas Herring — Bishop of Bangor and Archbishop of Canterbury and author of the "New Form of Common Prayer"
Barry Morgan — Archbishop of Wales
Associated people Aled Jones
George Guest
Architecture
Architect(s) George Gilbert Scott
Style Romanesque, Gothic
Administration
Parish Bro Deiniol
Deanery Ogwen
Archdeaconry Bangor
Diocese Bangor
Province Wales
Clergy
Bishop(s) Andrew John
Dean Kathy Jones
Precentor David Fisher
Canon Chancellor Mike West
Canon(s) Kath Rogers
Emlyn Williams
Beth Bailey
Robert Townsend
Tracy Jane Jones
Honorary Canons
Randolph Ellis
Roger Donaldson
Canon Treasurer Angela Williams
Prebendary Dylan Williams
John Nice
Chaplain(s) Randolph Ellis
Archdeacon Paul Davies, Archdeacon of Bangor
Andrew Jones, Archdeacon of Meirionnydd
Mike West, Ministry Archdeacon
Laity
Director of music Paul Booth
Organist(s) Martin Brown
Chapter clerk Sion Rhys Evans
Verger Philip Bee

Bangor Cathedral is an ancient place of Anglican worship situated in Bangor, Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is dedicated to its founder, Saint Deiniol.

The site of the present building of Bangor Cathedral has been in use as a place of Christian worship since the 6th century. The cathedral is built on a low-lying and inconspicuous site, possibly so as not to attract the attention of Viking raiders from the sea. Some visitors to Bangor assume that the Gothic style building on the hill is the cathedral, but this is actually part of the university.

The site of Bangor Cathedral was originally occupied by St Deiniol's Monastery, established in the 6th century around 525 on land given by the king of Gwynedd, Maelgwn Gwynedd. Deiniol is said to have been consecrated as a bishop by Saint David, making him the first Bishop of Bangor. This monastery was sacked in 634 and again in 1073. Nothing of the original building survives.

The Synod of Westminster in 1102 is recorded as taking measures to restore Bangor Cathedral, but the earliest part of the present building was built during the episcopate of Bishop David (1120–1139) with the assistance of the king of Gwynedd, Gruffudd ap Cynan, who donated money towards the project and was buried by the high altar on his death in 1137. This was a cruciform building in the Norman style, about 44 yards in length. Gruffudd's son, Owain Gwynedd, was also buried here, as was his brother Cadwaladr. Giraldus Cambrensis describes a service held here in 1188 when the Archbishop of Canterbury celebrated Mass.


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