Editing Cardiff (section)

===Religion===
{{main|Christianity in Wales|Religion in Wales}}
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| caption1          = [[Llandaff Cathedral]], an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] cathedral, the parish church of Llandaff, the seat of the [[Bishop of Llandaff]], the head of the [[Church in Wales]]
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| caption2          = [[Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral]], a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] cathedral, the seat of the [[Archbishop of Cardiff]]
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Since 1922, Cardiff has included [[Llandaff]] within its boundary, along with the [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[Llandaff Cathedral]], the parish church of Llandaff and the seat of the [[Bishop of Llandaff]], head of the [[Church in Wales]] and the [[Diocese of Llandaff]].

There is a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral|cathedral]] in the city. Since 1916, Cardiff has been the seat of a Catholic archbishop, but there appears to have been a fall in the estimated Catholic population, with numbers in 2006 around 25,000 fewer than in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcard.html#stats |title=Archdiocese of Cardiff – Statistics |access-date=18 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517123138/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcard.html#stats |archive-date=17 May 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Likewise, the Jewish population appears to have fallen – there are two synagogues in Cardiff, one in Cyncoed and one in Moira Terrace, as opposed to seven at the turn of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/Cardiff.htm |title=JCR-UK – Cardiff Community |date=14 October 2005 |access-date=23 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512081945/http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/Community/Cardiff.htm |archive-date=12 May 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are several [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformist]] chapels, an early 20th century Greek Orthodox church and 11 mosques.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Roath/Chapels.html |title=Cardiff, Llandaff & Roath chapels database |access-date=23 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119180148/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Roath/Chapels.html |archive-date=19 January 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nostos.com/church/ |title=The Greek Orthodox Church in Great Britain |access-date=23 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122154842/http://www.nostos.com/church/ |archive-date=22 January 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.muslimdirectory.co.uk/displayresults.php?PHPSESSID=f0fb8b41d8758983e7d43cddb556b9df&businesstype=1&orgtype=&country=UK&city=Cardiff |title=Muslim Directory – Mosques in Cardiff |access-date=23 January 2008 |archive-date=11 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211202744/http://www.muslimdirectory.co.uk/displayresults.php?PHPSESSID=f0fb8b41d8758983e7d43cddb556b9df&businesstype=1&orgtype=&country=UK&city=Cardiff |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the 2001 census, 66.9% of Cardiff's population described itself as Christian, a percentage point below the Welsh and UK averages.

The oldest of the non-Christian communities in Wales is Judaism. Jews were not permitted to live in England and Wales between the 1290 [[Edict of Expulsion]] and the 17th century. A Welsh Jewish community was re-established in the 18th century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/religion/sites/timeline/pages/religion_in_wales_15.shtml |title=Multicultural Wales |access-date=6 December 2007 |publisher=British Broadcasting Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430180121/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/religion/sites/timeline/pages/religion_in_wales_15.shtml |archive-date=30 April 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> There was once a fairly substantial Jewish population in South Wales, most of which has disappeared. The [[Orthodox Jewish]] community congregations are consolidated in the [[Cardiff United Synagogue]] in Cyncoed, which was dedicated by Chief Rabbi [[Jonathan Sacks]] in 2003.<ref>[http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/717_chief_visits_bristol.htm Chief visits Bristol and Cardiff] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510221504/http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/717_chief_visits_bristol.htm|date=10 May 2012}}. Somethingjewish.co.uk (16 December 2003). Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Holt |first1=Faygie Levy |title=Cardiff Rabbi Builds Sukkah Awareness Through BBC Radio Show in Wales |url=http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/3066412/jewish/Cardiff-Rabbi-Builds-Sukkah-Awareness-Through-BBC-Radio-Show-in-Wales.htm |publisher=Chabad.org Jewish News |date=17 September 2015 |quote=Educational options for adults are also expanding, says Rabbi Rose, noting that the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute's (JLI) "Journey of the Soul" course |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011210201/http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/3066412/jewish/Cardiff-Rabbi-Builds-Sukkah-Awareness-Through-BBC-Radio-Show-in-Wales.htm |archive-date=11 October 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Cardiff Reform Synagogue]] is in Adamsdown.
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|caption1=[[Shah Jalal Mosque, Cardiff|Shah Jalal Mosque]] on Crwys Road, Cardiff. Built in 1899 as a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel; a mosque since 1990.
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|caption2=[[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Cardiff|Shri Swaminarayan Mandir]] in Grangetown is the first and largest Hindu temple in Wales.
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Cardiff's Muslim population is much above the Welsh average and the longest established in the UK, being started by Yemeni and Somali sailors settling in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ansari |first=Humayun |author-link=Humayun Ansari |title=The Infidel Within: Muslims in Britain Since 1800 |publisher=C. Hurst & Co |year=2004 |location=London |page=429 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=43G472v4KMUC&q=cardiff+yemeni+sailors&pg=PA156 |isbn=978-1-85065-686-9 |access-date=15 October 2020 |archive-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528130605/https://books.google.com/books?id=43G472v4KMUC&q=cardiff+yemeni+sailors&pg=PA156 |url-status=live }}</ref> Cardiff now has over 11,000 Muslims with various national affiliations<ref name="cityprofile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/00pt.asp |title=Census 2001 – Profiles – Cardiff |access-date=12 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816024606/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/00pt.asp |archive-date=16 August 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> – nearly 52 per cent of the Muslim population in Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Social Audit of the Muslim Community in Wales |url=http://gov.wales/docs/statistics/2007/070509socialmuslimen.pdf |date=3 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903214306/http://gov.wales/docs/statistics/2007/070509socialmuslimen.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2015 }}</ref>

The proportion of Cardiff residents declaring themselves Hindu, Sikh and Jewish were all considerably higher than the Welsh averages, but lower than the UK figures. The city has had a Hindu community since Indian immigrants settled in the 1950s and 1960s. The first Hindu temple in the city was opened in [[Grangetown, Cardiff|Grangetown]] on 6 April 1979 on the site of an abandoned synagogue.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.swaminarayanwales.org.uk/History/history.asp |title=History of Shree Swaminarayan Temple Cardiff |access-date=21 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420155606/http://www.swaminarayanwales.org.uk/History/history.asp |archive-date=20 April 2008 }}</ref> The 25th anniversary of the founding was celebrated in September 2007 with a parade of over 3,000 people through the city centre, including Hindus from across the United Kingdom and members of Cardiff's other religious communities.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7006249.stm |title=Worshippers celebrate with parade |date=22 September 2007 |publisher=BBC Wales |access-date=21 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115130822/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7006249.stm |archive-date=15 January 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are over 2,000 Hindus in Cardiff, worshipping at three temples.<ref name="cityprofile"/>

In the 2001 census 18.8% of the city's population stated they had no religion, while 8.6% did not state a religion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/00PT-A.asp#ethnic |title=Census 2001 – Profiles – Cardiff – Ethnicity & Religion |date=19 February 2003 |access-date=23 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524193506/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/00PT-A.asp#ethnic |archive-date=24 May 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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