Peter Brignall Explained

Type:bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Peter Brignall
Bishop of Wrexham
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Province:Cardiff
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham
Appointed:27 June 2012
Term Start:12 September 2012
Predecessor:Edwin Regan
Ordination:18 February 1978
Ordained By:Langton Douglas Fox
Consecration:12 September 2012
Consecrated By:Edwin Regan
Birth Name:Peter Malcolm Brignall
Birth Date:5 July 1953
Birth Place:Whetstone, London
Nationality:English
Religion:Roman Catholic
Motto:vivite et vigilate in Deo
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Peter Malcolm Brignall.svg

Peter Malcolm Brignall (born 5 July 1953) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Wrexham.

Born in Whetstone, London on 5 July 1953, he was ordained as a deacon by Victor Guazzelli, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster in July 1977, and as a priest by Langton Douglas Fox, Bishop of Menevia on 18 February 1978. Nearly nine years later, Brignall was incardinated as a priest of the Diocese of Wrexham on 12 February 1987.

He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Wrexham by the Holy See on 27 June 2012. His consecration to the Episcopate took place at St. Mary's Cathedral, Wrexham on 12 September 2012; the principal consecrator was the Edwin Regan, Bishop emeritus of Wrexham, with Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain and Patrick O'Donoghue, Bishop emeritus of Lancaster serving as principal co-consecrators.

Brignal has amalgamated parishes but his proposed church closure at Conwy has been overruled.

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