Edwin Regan
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The Right Reverend Edwin Regan |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Wrexham | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Province | Cardiff |
| Diocese | Wrexham |
| Appointed | 7 November 1994 |
| Installed | 13 December 1994 |
| Term ended | 27 June 2012 |
| Predecessor | James Hannigan |
| Successor | Peter Malcolm Brignall |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 5 July 1959 |
| Consecration | 13 December 1994 by John Aloysius Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 December 1935 Port Talbot, Wales |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | St. John's Seminary, Waterford |
Edwin Regan (born 31 December 1935) is a Welsh prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second Bishop of Wrexham from 1994 to 2012.
Edwin Regan was born in Port Talbot, and studied at St. John's Seminary, Waterford, Ireland, where he was ordained to the priesthood on 5 July 1959. He then served as assistant pastor at St. Alban's Church in Pontypool (1959) and at St. Joseph's Church in Neath (1959–1966). From 1966 to 1967, he attended Corpus Christi College in London, obtaining a diploma in catechetics.
Regan served as chaplain to Porthcawl Convent from 1967 to 1971, whence he became director of catechetics and cathedral administrator for the Archdiocese of Cardiff. He was raised to the rank of Honorary Canon in 1978, and Chapter Canon in 1985. He was later pastor of St Helen's Church in Barry (1984–1989) and of St. Mary's Church in Bridgend (1989–1994).
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