Diocese of Wrexham Dioecesis Gurecsamiensis Esgobaeth Wrecsam | |
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Location | |
Country | Wales |
Territory | North Wales |
Ecclesiastical province | Cardiff |
Deaneries | 6 |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,361 km2 (3,228 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 742,600 33,897 (4.6%) |
Parishes | 41 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 12 February 1987 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows |
Secular priests | 38 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Peter Brignall |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mark O'Toole |
Vicar General | Terence Carr |
Bishops emeritus | Edwin Regan |
Map | |
Website | |
Official website |
The Diocese of Wrexham (Latin: Dioecesis Gurecsamiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Wales. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cardiff.