Newport Cathedral, also known as St Gwynllyw’s or St Woolos’s Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Monmouth within the Church in Wales and the seat of the Bishop of Monmouth. Its official title is Newport Cathedral of St Woolos, King and Confessor. The saint’s name, Woolos, anglicises the Welsh name Gwynllyw.
It became a cathedral in 1949; while it is the size of a large parish church rather than a typical cathedral, its history and development from the sixth to the twentieth century make it arguably one of Wales’s most fascinating religious buildings.