Bishop of Wrexham explained

Bishopric:Wrexham
Border:catholic
Incumbent:Peter Brignall
Province:Cardiff
Established:12 February 1987
Cathedral:Wrexham Cathedral
First Incumbent:James Hannigan
Diocese:Wrexham

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

The diocese covers an area of 8361lk=off0lk=off 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
19871994James HanniganPreviously Bishop of Menevia (1983–1987). Appointed to Wrexham on 12 February 1987. Died in office on 7 March 1994.
19942012Edwin ReganFormer priest of the Archdiocese of Cardiff from 1959. Consecrated as bishop on 13 December 1994. Retired in September 2011.[1]
2012PresentPeter BrignallFormerly the Vicar General of the diocese from 2003. He was consecrated as bishop on 12 September 2012.

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Notes and References

  1. Bishop of Wrexham, Wrexham Diocese Retrieved 22 January 2012