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Diocese of Wrexham

Dioecesis Gurecsamiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Peter Malcolm Brignall, Bishop
  • Edwin Regan, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 12 February 1987
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cardiff
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Wales
  • Region: Great Britain
  • Square Kilometers: 8,361 (3,229 Square Miles)
  • Description: Counties of Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham, the District of Montgomery in Powys, and the Isle of Anglesey.
  • Official Web Site: https://www.rcdwxm.org.uk/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Sontley Road, Wrexham, Clwyd LL13 7EW, Wales, Great Britain
  • Telephone: (01978)26.27.26
  • Fax: 35.42.57

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
12 February 1987ErectedDiocese of Menevia (Counties of Gwynedd, Clwyd, and the District of Montgomery in the County of Powys) Diocese of Wrexham (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199033,621668,0005.0%47398639064722544ap1991
199933,627694,0004.8%402969487122917345ap2000
200033,346692,5004.8%382967497124117145ap2001
200133,346692,8004.8%393372463103315844ap2002
200233,346692,8004.8%383169483103116243ap2003
200333,346692,8004.8%383169483103115543ap2004
200430,272692,8004.4%38296745192915343ap2005
201048,800710,0006.9%362561800102513541ap2011
201438,700731,4005.3%302555703112511741ap2015
201733,897742,6004.6%243155616123110041ap2018
202031,476761,2604.1%212748655122910028ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 510

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