Richard Pain

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.

Early life and education Pain was born on 21 September 1956 in London, England. He studied English Literature at Bristol University, In 1981, he entered St Michael's College, Llandaff to train for ordination.

Episcopal ministry He was elected Bishop of Monmouth on 23 July 2013. Having accepted the position, he was consecrated on 21 September at Llandaff Cathedral and enthroned at Newport Cathedral on 18 October. He was the 10th Bishop of Monmouth. He was undergoing a "formal process of mediation": this was due to a "personality clash between the bishop and some of his staff", rather than relating to a serious or criminal matter.

Pain retired on 30 April 2019, due to ill health.

Roman Catholic Church On 12 June 2023, it was announced that he would be received into the Catholic Church through the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. This took place during a service at the Church of St Basil and St Gwladys, Rogerstone, on 2 July 2023. He is the first Welsh Anglican bishop to be received into the Ordinariate since its creation in 2011.

Pain was ordained in the Ordinariate by Bishop David Waller as a Catholic deacon on 2 July and as a Catholic priest on 20 July 2024. He serves in the South East Wales Pastoral Area based at the Church of St Basil and St Gwladys, Rogerstone, Newport, Wales.

Personal life Pain is married. He and his wife have had three children together,