English bishop
Terence Brain (born 19 December 1938 in Coventry , England) is the Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford .
Education
Bishop Brain attended King Henry VIII Grammar School and Cotton College before training for the priesthood at Oscott College , Sutton Coldfield . He was ordained as a priest by Archbishop Grimshaw in St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham , on 22 February 1964.[ 1]
Priestly and episcopal career
In 1964 he was appointed as an assistant priest in Longton, Staffordshire , but after a year he returned to Cotton College and remained there for four years. After that he worked at Dudley Road Hospital in Birmingham as the hospital's chaplain for two years and later went on to serve as secretary to Archbishop George Dwyer (until he retired) and then to Archbishop Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville .[ 1]
He became the priest to a series of parishes in the west Midlands area, including Bucknall , Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford . On 5 February 1991, he was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham and appointed Titular Bishop of Amudarsa.
He was appointed as the Bishop of Salford and head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford on 2 September 1997 and installed on 7 October of that year.
Bishop Brain resigned on Tuesday, 30 September 2014. That same day, the Pope appointed Bishop John Arnold as Bishop Brain's successor.[ 2] Bishop Brain then retired to live in Alkrington .
Other work
Terence Brain has been heavily involved with education and from 1986 to 1991 he was a member of Staffordshire Education Committee and Schools Commissioner for Staffordshire. He has been much involved with the Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage and has served as the director for a number of years. In 1995 he chaired a working party for the Bishop's Conference on child abuse which led to the pastoral document "Healing the Wound".[ 3] [non-primary source needed ]
References
External links
Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford
Churches
Salford Cathedral - Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist
St Anne's Church, Blackburn
Pleasington Priory
St Patrick's Church, Bolton
Church of St Mary of the Assumption, Burnley
St Marie's Church, Bury
St Michael and St John Church, Clitheroe
St Mary's Church, Manchester (Hidden Gem)
Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester
Manchester Oratory
Gorton Monastery
St Wilfrid's Church, Hulme
Corpus Christi Priory
Christ Church, Nelson
Our Lady and St Joseph Church, Heywood
Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Patrick Church, Oldham
St John the Baptist Church, Rochdale
St Peter's Church, Stonyhurst
St Ann's, Stretford
All Saints' Church, Urmston
Schools
Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Accrington
St Damian's Roman Catholic Science College, Ashton-under-Lyne
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School, Bamber Bridge
Our Lady and St John Catholic College, Blackburn
St Mary's College, Blackburn
Thornleigh Salesian College, Bolton
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, Burnley
Holy Cross College, Bury
St Gabriel's Roman Catholic High School, Bury
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School, Colne
St Thomas More Roman Catholic College, Denton
The Barlow Roman Catholic High School, Didsbury
St Patrick's Roman Catholic High School, Eccles
Mount St Joseph School, Farnworth
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College, Heywood
St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School, Horwich
St Cecilia's Roman Catholic High School, Longridge
Loreto College, Manchester
Our Lady's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester
St Bede's College, Manchester
St Matthew's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester
St Peter's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester
Xaverian College, Manchester
Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, Oldham
St Monica's High School, Prestwich
All Saints' Catholic High School, Rawtenstall
All Hallows Roman Catholic High School, Salford
St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy, Stockport
Stella Maris School, Stockport
Stonyhurst College
Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall
St Antony's Roman Catholic School, Urmston
St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School, Wardley