Another in our series of Church Micros in the South Wales area.
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In 1906 Canon Basil Gwydir, the Parish Priest of St David`s, who as a naval chaplain lost his life in the wreck of the hospital ship `Rohilla`, rented a disused chapel at Mumbles (part of the central hall). He dedicated this to Our Lady Star, of the Sea, and said the first Mass on 20th May 1906. Mass continued to celebrated thereon Sundays and Holydays by one of the priest from St David`s until 1919.
In March 1919 Father Augustine Egerton of St David`s obtained a disused hall (Tom Owen`s New Pavilion) and converted it into a church which was opened on July 20th 1919. On that day Abbot David Hurley of Douai sang a Pontifical Mass and preached. The Abbot of Caldey was present in the sanctuary. Abbot Hurley took the evening Service and the Abbot of Caldey preached.
The Bishop asked the Order of preachers (Dominican Friars) from the Nigerian Province to take responsibility for the Parish. The Dominicans were already in Swansea based at Our Lady of Lourdes in Townhill, as part of a major project to house Dominican priests who are sent by their superior to Swansea for postgraduate studies. Father Michael Akpoghiran O.P., Director of Evangelisation and Catechetics for the Diocese, was appointed Parish Priest in Mumbles.
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