Diocese of Kilmore
Diocese of Kilmore | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Ireland |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Armagh |
Diocesan bishop | Martin Hayes (appointed) |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Philip Leo O'Reilly |
surface | 2,202 km² |
Parishes | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 77,200 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 69,600 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 90.2% |
Diocesan priest | 75 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 870 |
Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | St. Patrick and St. Felim's Cathedral |
Website | www.kilmorediocese.ie |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore ( Latin Dioecesis Kilmorensis , Irish Deoise na Cille moire , English Diocese of Kilmore ) is in Ireland situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Cavan . Its territory largely coincides with the historical kingdom of Bréifne .
history
The Diocese of Kilmore was established in the 5th century. 1152 the Diocese of Kilmore was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Armagh as a suffragan .
The area of the Diocese of Kilmore in the Ecclesiastical Province of Armagh is shown in brown on the map below.
Bishops of Kilmore
- Patrick Tyrrell OFM , 1678–1689, then Bishop of Meath
- Michael McDonough OP , 1728-1746
- Lawrence Richardson OP, 1747-1753
- Andrew Campbell , 1753-1769
- Dionysius Maguire OFM, 1770-1798
- Charles O'Reilly , 1798-1800
- Jacobus Dillon , 1800-1806
- Fargal O'Reilly , 1807-1829
- James Browne , 1829-1865
- Nicholas Conaty , 1865–…
- Bernard Finnegan , 1886-1887
- Edward MacGennis , 1888-1906
- Andrew Boylan CSsR , 1907-1910
- Patrick Finegan , 1910-1937
- Patrick Lyons , 1937-1949
- Austin Quinn , 1950-1972
- Francis Joseph MacKiernan , 1972–1998
- Philip Leo O'Reilly , 1998-2018
- Martin Hayes , since 2020
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Kilmore (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Kilmore on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)