Terence Brain (born 19 December 1938 in

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, England) is the

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of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford.

Education

Bishop Brain attended

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and

Cotton College Cotton College was a Roman Catholic boarding school in Cotton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It was also known as ''Saint Wilfrid's College''. The school buildings were centred on Cotton Hall, a country house used by religious communities from ...

before training for the priesthood at Oscott College, Sutton Coldfield. He was ordained as a priest by Archbishop Grimshaw in

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, on 22 February 1964.Right Reverend Terence Brain
. ''The Catholic Church in England and Wales website''. Retrieved on 12 March 2010.

Priestly and episcopal career

In 1964 he was appointed as an assistant priest in Longton, Staffordshire, but after a year he returned to

and remained there for four years. After that he worked at

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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. He became the priest to a series of parishes in the west Midlands area, including Bucknall,

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and

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. On 5 February 1991, he was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of

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and appointed

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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. 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".Salford Diocese
''Graham's Home Page''. Retrieved on 12 March 2010.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brain, Terence Living people 1938 births People from Coventry Alumni of St Mary's College, Oscott 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in England People educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry Roman Catholic bishops of Salford