Baháʼí Faith in Wales
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The Baháʼí Faith in Wales started shortly after the Second World War when a great
pioneer movement began with sixty percent of the British Baháʼí community eventually relocating.[1] This movement included taking the Baháʼí Faith to Wales
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The first Baháʼí resident in Wales was Rose Jones who married and moved to
2021 UK Census, 223 people in Wales reported their faith as Baháʼí.[5]
The 2005 UK-wide conference of the National Convention of the Baháʼís of the United Kingdom was held in Wales.[6]
The Wales Baháʼís are organized under the Baháʼí Council of Wales under the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of the United Kingdom. In 2007 there were registered communities in:[7] Abercarn, Caerphilly, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Chepstow, Conwy, Llanelli Rural, Llanelli Town, Maesteg, Mold, Monmouthshire, Newport, and Vale of Glamorgan.
See also
Notes
- ^ U.K. Baháʼí Heritage Site. "The Baháʼí Faith in the United Kingdom - A Brief History". Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ Iain S. Palin. "Baháʼí in Wales". Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
- ^ Websites of Baháʼí Communities in Wales Archived 2007-12-29 at the Wayback Machine bahai.org.uk, accessed 15 March 2009
- ^ Redmore, Kelsey (22 October 2017). "Welsh celebrations for the Baha'i faith". ITV News.
- ^ "Religion, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ McDaid, Brendan (3 June 2005). "Baha'i delegate tells of future plans". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ^ Websites of Baháʼí Communities in Wales Baháʼí Council for Wales, (archived December 29, 2007.)