Diocese of Wrexham
Gurecsamien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Wrexham, United Kingdom
The Diocese of Wrexham is a Latin rite see in Wales, erected on 12 February 1987 from the Diocese of Menevia. It is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia, with its seat at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Wrexham. Bishop Peter Brignall has led the diocese since his appointment on 27 June 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 February 1987
- Latin
- Gurecsamien(sis)
- Patron
- St David
- Annuario code
- 001000167
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 33,897
- Population
- 742,600
- Catholic share
- 4.6%
- Priests
- 38
- Catholics per priest
- 892
- Extent
- 8,361 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.1
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Peter Brignall
- Born
- 5 July 1953
- Birthplace
- London
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Wrexham stands in Wrexham, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cardiff-Menevia
A suffragan of Cardiff-Menevia.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Wales, the Diocese of Wrexham (Latin: Dioecesis Gurecsamiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, serving as a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].