Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr Brian Wall, a priest of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, living in retirement, who died on Friday 16 January 2026.

Fr Brian was ordained to the priesthood on 13 July 1968, and spent much of his ministry in the North Staffordshire area of the Archdiocese, including as Parish Priest of St Maria Goretti, Bentilee, and chaplaincies at Staffordshire University and HMP Werrington.

We pray for his family, friends, carers, and former parishioners who now mourn him. May he rest in peace. 

Funeral Arrangements

The reception of Fr Brian’s body will be at Oulton Abbey Church, Kibblestone Road, Oulton, Stone, on Thursday 19 February at 3pm, followed by Holy Mass.

The Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday 20 February at 11.30am, Archbishop Bernard Longley will preside.