Belmont Abbey | |
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Abbey Church of St Michael and All Angels, Hereford | |
Location in Herefordshire | |
52°02′21″N 2°45′23″W / 52.0393°N 2.7564°W | |
OS grid reference | SO4821038149 |
Location | Hereford, Herefordshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | BelmontAbbey.org.uk |
History | |
Former name(s) | Pro-Cathedral of Newport and Menevia |
Status | Benedictine monastery |
Founded | 1859 |
Founder(s) | Francis Wegg-Prosser |
Dedication | St Michael |
Consecrated | 4 September 1860 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 22 October 1986 |
Architect(s) | Edward Welby Pugin |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1857 |
Completed | 1875 |
Construction cost | £45,000 |
Administration | |
Province | Cardiff |
Archdiocese | Cardiff |
Deanery | Herefordshire |
Clergy | |
Abbot | Rt. Rev. Dom Brendan Thomas OSB |
Prior | Very Rev. Dom Alexander Kenyon OSB |
Belmont Abbey, in Herefordshire, England, is a Catholic Benedictine monastery that forms part of the English Benedictine Congregation. It stands on a small hill overlooking the city of Hereford to the east, with views across to the Black Mountains in Wales to the west. The 19th century Abbey also serves as a parish church.