Editing Llandaff Cathedral (section)

===20th and 21st centuries===
[[File:Llandaff Cathedral Nave Interior.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|The nave of Llandaff Cathedral showing [[Jacob Epstein]]'s ''Christ in Majesty'']]

On the evening of 2 January 1941, during the [[Cardiff Blitz]] in the [[Second World War]], a [[parachute mine]] was dropped nearby. When it exploded, it blew the roof off the [[nave]], south aisle and chapter house.<ref name=blitz>{{cite web|url=http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/history/the-blitz/|title=Cardiff Blitz 1941|publisher=Llandaff Cathedral|access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref>{{efn|The mine did not explode until some days after the bombing of Cardiff.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-84639719/llandaff-cathedral-back-from-the-ashes|title=Llandaff Cathedral-Back From the Ashes|work=South Wales Echo|date=9 April 2002|access-date=|url-access=|via=|archive-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808094831/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-84639719/llandaff-cathedral-back-from-the-ashes|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} The top of the spire also had to be reconstructed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=2768|title=Llandaff cathedral|access-date=9 May 2009|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403145912/http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=2768|url-status=dead}}</ref> and there was also some damage to the organ.<ref name=blitz/> The Sunday after the bombing, worship took place in the Deanery. Work soon began to clear the Lady Chapel and the Sanctuary and to repair the roof in these areas. This was not completed until April 1942. Further work was not possible until the end of the war, and the repaired areas served as a place of worship until 1957.<ref name=blitz/> Of British cathedrals, only [[Coventry Cathedral]] was damaged more, during the infamous [[Coventry Blitz]].{{sfn|Winks|1984|p=350}}{{efn|The cathedral held a memorial service to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing on 3 January 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-438932998/nazi-bombing-raid-on-city-remembered-75-years-on|title=Nazi Bombing Raid on City Remembered 75 Years on; 75 Years Ago, a Nazi Bombing Raid on Cardiff Left 165 People Dead, Many More Wounded and Badly Damaged Llandaff Cathedral. It Was the Worst Attack on Any UK Cathedral, Apart from Coventry|author=Wightwick, Abbie|work=South Wales Echo|date=4 January 2016|access-date=|url-access=|via=|archive-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808092704/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-438932998/nazi-bombing-raid-on-city-remembered-75-years-on|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} Due to its importance, the cathedral was given Grade I building status on 12 February 1952.<ref name="BLB"/><ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=13710|desc=Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul|access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Welch Regiment Memorial Chapel, Llandaff Cathedral.JPG|thumb|The [[Welch Regiment]] memorial chapel]]

Major restorations and reconfigurations were carried out under architect [[George Pace]] of [[York]], and the building was back in use in June 1958. [[Elizabeth II]] attended a service celebrating the completion of the restoration on 6 August 1960.<ref name=blitz/> The [[Welch Regiment]] Memorial Chapel was constructed,{{sfn|Pepin|2008|p=89}} and [[Jacob Epstein]] created the figure of Christ in Majesty which is raised above the nave on a concrete arch designed by George Pace.<ref name=blitz/>

Pace presented two options to replace the [[pulpitum]] which was not part of the cathedral restoration done earlier by Pritchard. One was for a [[Baldachin|baldacchino]] having four columns with a suitable painting beneath it. The other was for a double wishbone arch topped by a hollow drum to house the division of the organ. The figure of "Christ in Glory" would be installed on the west face of the drum. This proposal was accepted by the Dean and the cathedral chapter. They approached the War Damage Commission about whether funds initially meant for replacement of stained glass damaged in the bombing could be used for art in other media. This permission helped to finance the ''Majestas'' figure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/history/the-majestas/|title=The Majestas|publisher=Llandaff Cathedral|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref>

In February 2007 the cathedral suffered a severe [[lightning]] strike.<ref name=lightning>{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/peter-collins-llandaff-cathedral-organ-2030718|title=Peter Collins: Llandaff Cathedral organ lightning strike illuminates capitalism's woes|author=Collins Peter|date=15 May 2012|work=Wales Online|access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref> Particular damage was caused to the electrics of the [[pipe organ|organ]], which was already in poor condition. The instrument was not able to be used after the lightning damage.<ref name="pipe">{{cite news|author=Williams, Kathryn|date=27 February 2014|title=It's a Pipe Dream|work=South Wales Echo|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-359975288/it-s-a-pipe-dream|url-access=|access-date=|via=|archive-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808100208/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-359975288/it-s-a-pipe-dream|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=OrganAppeal/> This prompted the 2007 launch of an appeal to raise [[pounds sterling|£]]1.5&nbsp;million for the construction of an entirely new organ.<ref name=OrganAppeal>{{cite web|url=http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/Organ%20Appeal.htm |title=The Cathedral organ appeal |work=Llandaff Cathedral website |publisher=Dean and Chapter of Llandaff Cathedral |date=13 July 2007 |access-date=10 October 2007 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703222054/http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/Organ%20Appeal.htm |archive-date=3 July 2008 }}</ref>