Diocese of Wrexham
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Diocese of Wrexham Dioecesis Gurecsamiensis Esgobaeth Wrecsam |
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| Location | |
| Country | Wales |
| Territory | Aberconwy, Colwyn, Anglesey, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham and Montgomery |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cardiff |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Cardiff |
| Deaneries | 6 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,361 km2 (3,228 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 710,000 48,800 (6.9%) |
| Parishes | 41 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 12 February 1987 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows |
| Secular priests | 38 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Peter Brignall |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | George Stack |
| Episcopal Vicars | Adrian Wilcock |
| Emeritus Bishops | Edwin Regan |
| Map | |
 Diocese of Wrexham within the Province of Cardiff |
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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 the Pope.
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. On 27 June 2012 Pope Benedict XVI named Peter Brignall, who was at that time the Diocese of Wrexham's Vicar General, to succeed the retiring bishop, Edwin Regan. Bishop Peter's episcopal ordination took place on 12 September 2012 in Wrexham Cathedral.
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.
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