Background
Edwin Regan was born in Portuguese Talbot, and studied at Saint John"s Seminary, Waterford, Ireland, where he was ordained to the priesthood on 5 July 1959.
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Edwin Regan was born in Portuguese Talbot, and studied at Saint John"s Seminary, Waterford, Ireland, where he was ordained to the priesthood on 5 July 1959.
From 1966 to 1967, he attended Corpus Christi College in London, obtaining a diploma in catechetics.
He served as the second Bishop of Wrexham from 1994 to 2012. He then served as assistant pastor at Saint Alban"s Church in Pontypool (1959) and at Saint Joseph"s Church in Neath (1959–1966). 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 Street Helen"s Church in Barry (1984–1989) and of Saint Mary"s Church in Bridgend (1989–1994). On 7 November 1994, Regan was appointed Bishop of Wrexham by Pope John Paul World War II He received his episcopal consecration on the following 13 December from Archbishop John Ward, OFM Cap, with Bishops Daniel Mullins and Vincent Nichols serving as co-consecrators.
In addition to his Wrexham post, Regan was named Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Cardiff in December 2000, to assist the ailing Archbishop Ward in governing the archdiocese. This appointment was considered unusual, as an Apostolic Administrator is normally named when the sitting Ordinary has either died or resigned.
Regan remained in the post until the appointment of Peter Smith as the new Archbishop of Cardiff on 26 October 2001.
On 27 June 2012 it was announced that Pope Benedict had accepted Bishop Regan"s resignation on reaching the age limit and had appointed Manager Peter Bignall, Vicar General of Wrexham, to succeed him as third bishop of the diocese.