Diocese of Wrexham Dioecesis Gurecsamiensis Esgobaeth Wrecsam |
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Coat of arms of the current Bishop of Wrexham, Edwin Regan |
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Location | |
Country | Wales |
Territory | The Counties of Aberconwy & Colwyn Anglesey, Denbighshire and Flintshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham and the District of Montgomery |
Ecclesiastical province | Cardiff |
Metropolitan | Cardiff |
Deaneries | 6 |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,361 km2 (3,228 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 692,800 30,272 (4.4%) |
Parishes | 43 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 12 February 1987 |
Cathedral | Wrexham Cathedral |
Secular priests | 38 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Benedict XVI |
Bishop | Edwin Regan |
Metropolitan Archbishop | George Stack |
Vicars General | Peter Brignall |
Episcopal Vicars | Adrian Wilcock |
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Diocese of Wrexham within the Province of Westminster |
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Website | |
wrexhamdiocese.org.uk |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Wales. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cardiff, directly subject to the authority of His Holiness the Pope.
The diocese covers an area of 8,361 km² of the ancient 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 town of Wrexham where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.
The diocese was erected on February 12, 1987 from the Diocese of Menevia. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Edwin Regan, the 2nd Bishop of Wrexham.
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(Any dates appearing in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. The start date of tenure below is the date of appointment or succession. Where known, the date of installation and ordination as bishop are listed in the notes together with the post held prior to appointment.)
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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February 12, 1987 to March 7, 1994 | James Hannigan | Bishop of Menevia; died in office |
November 7, 1994 to present | Edwin Regan | Priest of Menevia; ordained December 13, 1994 |
There are a total of six deaneries in the Diocese of Wrexham, all of which cover several churches in that area, overseen by a dean.
The deaneries include:
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