St Joseph's R.C. Church, Hay-on-Wye

St. Joseph's Church
The church front viewed from Belmont Rd
52°04′29″N 3°07′37″W / 52.074774°N 3.127053°W / 52.074774; -3.127053
OS grid reference	SO2285242423
Location	The Presbytery, 4 Belmont Road, Hay-on-Wye, Powys HR3 5DA
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous denomination	Calvinistic Methodist
Website	https://www.stmichaelsrcbrecon.org.uk/st-joseph/
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1968
Dedication	Saint Joseph
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Conservation area
Architect(s)	F.R. Bates, Son & Price of Newport
Style	Gothic architecture
Administration
Province	Cardiff
Archdiocese	Cardiff-Menevia
Deanery	Llandrindod Wells Deanery[1]
Parish	St Joseph's
Clergy
Priest(s)	Fr. Jimmy Sebastian Pulickakunnel MCBS

St. Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales. St. Joseph's parish is in the Llandrindod Wells Deanery of the Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia.^[2][3]

St. Joseph's is served out of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in Brecon^[4]. The Parish Priest for both parishes is Fr. Jimmy Sebastian Pulickakunnel MCBS. Fr. Jimmy is a member of the religious order of the Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament.^[4] Canon Clyde Hughes Johnson, now retired still helps in the parish and has done so for decades.^[5][6]

Hay-on-Wye is a medieval town and is known as the "town of books".