Titular diocese of Cluain Iraird
Cluain Iraird ( New Irish : Cluain Ioraird , English Clonard ) is a titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishopric Clonard , which was in the Irish province of Leinster and was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Armagh .
| Titular Bishops of Cluain Iraird | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | René Toussaint OMI | Bishop emeritus of Idiofa ( Democratic Republic of the Congo ) | May 21, 1970 | July 23, 1976 |
| 2 | Austin Bernard Vaughan | Auxiliary Bishop in New York ( USA ) | May 24, 1977 | June 26, 2000 |
| 3 | Michael Francis Burbidge | Auxiliary Bishop in Philadelphia (USA) | June 21, 2002 | June 8, 2006 |
| 4th | Timothy Costelloe SDS | Auxiliary Bishop in Melbourne ( Australia ) | April 30, 2007 | February 20, 2012 |
| 5 | Peter Byrne | Auxiliary Bishop in New York (USA) | June 14, 2014 | |