Bishop of Wrexham

Bishop of Wrexham

The Bishop of Wrexham is the Ordinary of the Latin-rite Catholic Diocese of Wrexham in the Province 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.

List of the Bishops of the Catholic Diocese of Wrexham, Wales

See also

*Lists of office-holders

External links

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/data/wrex0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]


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