Richard Pain
Richard Pain | |||||||||||||||
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| Former Anglican Bishop of Monmouth | |||||||||||||||
Pain in 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Church | Roman Catholic Church | ||||||||||||||
| See | Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham | ||||||||||||||
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Monmouth (2013–2019; CiW) Archdeacon of Monmouth (2009–2013; CiW) | ||||||||||||||
| Orders | |||||||||||||||
| Ordination | 1984 (Anglican deacon) 1985 (Anglican priest) 2024 (Catholic deacon and priest) | ||||||||||||||
| Consecration | 2013 (Anglican bishop) | ||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | Richard Edward Pain 21 September 1956 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Denomination | Catholicism Anglicanism (formerly) | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Profession | Deacon, theologian | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Bristol University University of Wales, Cardiff | ||||||||||||||
Ordination history | |||||||||||||||
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Richard Edward Pain (born 21 September 1956) is a British Roman Catholic priest and former Anglican prelate who served as Bishop of Monmouth in the Church in Wales from 2013 to 2019. In June 2023, it was announced he would join the Catholic Church via the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. He was ordained a Catholic deacon and then as a Catholic priest in June 2024.