Bishop of Wrexham

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Bishop of Wrexham
Bishopric
catholic
Incumbent:
Peter Brignall
Location
Ecclesiastical province Cardiff
Information
First holder James Hannigan
Established12 February 1987
Diocese Wrexham
Cathedral Wrexham Cathedral

The Bishop of Wrexham is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham in the Province of Cardiff in Wales.

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The diocese covers an area of 8,361 km2 (3,228 sq mi) and consists of the Welsh historic counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire (the local government areas of Conwy, Anglesey, Denbighshire and Flintshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham and the former Montgomeryshire).

The see is in the city of Wrexham where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.

The diocese was erected on 12 February 1987 from the Diocese of Menevia. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Peter Brignall, the 3rd Bishop of Wrexham.

List of the Bishops of Wrexham

Bishops of Wrexham
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
19871994 James Hannigan Previously Bishop of Menevia (1983–1987). Appointed to Wrexham on 12 February 1987. Died in office on 7 March 1994. [1]
19942012 Edwin Regan Former priest of the Archdiocese of Cardiff from 1959. Consecrated as bishop on 13 December 1994. [2] Retired in September 2011. [3]
2012Present Peter Brignall Formerly the Vicar General of the diocese from 2003. He was consecrated as bishop on 12 September 2012. [3]

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References

  1. "Bishop James Hannigan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  2. "Bishop Edwin Regan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  3. 1 2 Bishop of Wrexham, Wrexham Diocese Archived 2 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 January 2012