Bishop of Wrexham

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox diocese 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 Template:Convert 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
From Until Incumbent Notes
1987 1994 James Hannigan Previously Bishop of Menevia (1983–1987). Appointed to Wrexham on 12 February 1987. Died in office on 7 March 1994.<ref name=bhannigan>Template:Catholic-hierarchy</ref>
1994 2012 Edwin Regan Former priest of the Archdiocese of Cardiff from 1959. Consecrated as bishop on 13 December 1994.<ref name=breganed>Template:Catholic-hierarchy</ref> Retired in September 2011.<ref name=bishop>Bishop of Wrexham, Wrexham Diocese Template:Webarchive Retrieved 22 January 2012</ref>
2012 Present Peter Brignall Formerly the Vicar General of the diocese from 2003. He was consecrated as bishop on 12 September 2012.<ref name=bishop/>

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