Editing Brecon (section)

===Priory and cathedral===
[[File:Brecon Cathedral (5726564531).jpg|thumb|[[Brecon Cathedral]]]]
A priory was dissolved in 1538, and Brecon's Dominican Friary of St Nicholas was suppressed in August of the same year.<ref name="stmichaelsrcbrecon.org.uk">{{cite web |title=History of St. Michael's Church – St. Michael's Catholic Church, Brecon |url=http://www.stmichaelsrcbrecon.org.uk/?page_id=11667 |website=stmichaelsrcbrecon.org.uk |access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref> About {{convert|250|m|yd|abbr=on}} north of the castle stands [[Brecon Cathedral]], a fairly modest building compared to many cathedrals. The role of cathedral is a fairly recent one, and was bestowed upon the church in 1923 with the formation of the [[Diocese of Swansea and Brecon]] from what was previously the [[archdeaconry]] of Brecon — a part of the [[Diocese of St&nbsp;Davids]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/27973/swansea-and-brecon|title=Swansea and Brecon|publisher=Crockford's Clerical Directory|access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref>