Peter Brignall

Peter Malcolm Brignall (born 5 July 1953) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Wrexham.[1]

The Right Reverend Peter Brignall
Bishop of Wrexham
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Province	Cardiff
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham
Appointed	27 June 2012
Installed	12 September 2012
Predecessor	Edwin Regan
Orders
Ordination	18 February 1978 by Langton Douglas Fox
Consecration	12 September 2012 by Edwin Regan
Personal details
Born	Peter Malcolm Brignall (1953-07-05) 5 July 1953 Whetstone, London
Nationality	English
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	vivite et vigilate in Deo
Coat of arms

Born in Whetstone, London on 5 July 1953, he was ordained as a deacon by Victor Guazzelli, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster in July 1977, and as a priest by Langton Douglas Fox, Bishop of Menevia on 18 February 1978.[1] Nearly nine years later, Brignall was incardinated as a priest of the Diocese of Wrexham on 12 February 1987.[1]

He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Wrexham by the Holy See on 27 June 2012.[1] His consecration to the Episcopate took place at St. Mary's Cathedral, Wrexham on 12 September 2012; the principal consecrator was the Edwin Regan, Bishop emeritus of Wrexham, with Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain and Patrick O'Donoghue, Bishop emeritus of Lancaster serving as principal co-consecrators.[1]

Brignal has amalgamated parishes but his proposed church closure at Conwy has been overruled.