Church building In the 1880s a
Catholic mission started in Llanelli to serve the Catholic community in the town. In 1938, a church was built in the
Gothic Revival style of architecture. In 1985, the church had structural issues and was demolished. In December 1993, construction started on a new church. On 11 July 1995, the church was opened by the
Archbishop of Cardiff John Ward. In 2004, the
Carmelites moved to Llanelli from Aberystwyth to serve the parish. and Our Lady of the Angels Church in the town. From Aberystwyth they went out to found other churches and school. In the late 1930s they built Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in
Lampeter. After the Second World War, from Aberystwyth, the Carmelites founded a school in Tregib Manor in
Llandeilo. Eventually, the Carmelite friars moved on from all those places and in 2002 decided to move from the parish in Aberystwyth to Llanelli, arriving in 2004. ==Parish==