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St Mary's Cathedral, Wrexham , is more than a fine neo-Gothic building (designed by Edward Pugin). Published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the building of St Mary's, this is much more a social history of the Catholic community in a provincial town. The author has woven together the threads of how the Faith survived through the years of persecution to emerge, with the passing of the Catholic emancipation Act, as one of the pillars in what was a predominantly Anglican and Nonconformist community. The story is brought right up to date and place great emphasis upon the development of the Catholic schools in Wrexham, including the newly-opened joint Catholic and Anglican St Joseph's secondary schoolk, an unique institution within Wales.

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Kathryn Byrne was born in Coventry but lived in the Diocese of Wrexham from 1971 until 2002. She gained an Open University degree in History and trained as a librarian, working in various public libraries and, for ten years, at Wrexham Art College. She is the archivist of the Diocese of Wrexham and the honorary librarian at Hawkstone Hall, near Shrewsbury.

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