Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly

Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
Basic data
Country	Ireland
Ecclesiastical province	Cashel
Metropolitan bishopric	Cashel
Diocesan bishop	Kieran O'Reilly SMA
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Dermot Clifford
Vicar General	Matthew McGrath Christy O'Dwyer
founding	18th century
surface	3,082 km²
Parishes	46 (2006)
Residents	80,711 (2006)
Catholics	79,921 (2006)
proportion of	99%
Diocesan priest	99 (2006)
Religious priest	60 (2006)
Catholics per priest	503
Friars	92 (2006)
Religious sisters	156 (2006)
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	English
cathedral	Assumption Cathedral of Thurles
Website	www.cashel-emly.ie
Suffragan dioceses	Diocese of Cloyne Diocese of Cork and Ross Diocese of Kerry Diocese of Killaloe Diocese of Limerick Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
Ecclesiastical province
Archdiocese of Cashel-Emly (in blue-purple, right) within the ecclesiastical province of Cashel

The Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly ( Irish : Ard-Deoise Chaisil agus Imligh , Latin : Archidioecesis Cassiliensis (Casheliensis) et Emeliensis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church of Ireland in the southern part of the Irish province of Munster with its seat in Thurles ( County Tipperary ).

history

Today's archbishopric was created in 1718 through the union of the two Roman Catholic dioceses: Archdiocese of Cashel and Diocese of Emly . The territory covers most of County Tipperary and parts of County Limerick .

The Diocese of Emly was named after the village of Emly in the south of County Tipperary . The Cashel diocese was founded in 1111 by the Rathbreasail Synod . The Synod of Kells in 1152 elevated the diocese to a metropolitan bishopric when the papal legate , Cardinal Giovanni Paparoni († around 1153/54), gave the pallium to Bishop Donat O'Lonergan of Cashel .

→ see Church reform in Ireland in the Middle Ages

cathedral

Cathedral of the Assumption

Despite the name, the bishopric of the archdiocese ( cathedra ) is neither in Cashel nor in Emly, but in nearby Thurles . This results from the displacement of the Roman Catholic Archbishops from their ancestral cathedral (the Cathedral of Cashel ) by agents of the British Crown in favor of the new Church of Ireland . Miler Magrath , who held the Anglican Archbishop title of Cashel from 1571 to 1622, wrote a special chapter in this story . Since the time of the English Reformation , the archbishops appointed by Rome were forced to hide from royal troops in various properties in County Tipperary.

This situation continued until the end of the 18th century, when some of the harshest provisions of the relevant criminal law (Penal Laws) were weakened. Dr. James Butler II (1774–1791), when he was appointed archbishop of Rome, moved his residence and cathedra from Cashel to Thurles, from where his successors still run the archbishopric to this day. The Assumption Cathedral was built from 1865 to 1879 under the direction of Dublin architect James Joseph McCarthy .

Bishops

• List of Archbishops of Cashel
• List of the bishops of Emly

Dean's offices and parishes

Communities

Currently, the Archdiocese of eight is deaneries ( deaneries ) split, which include a number of parishes (or municipal mergers) belong.

Ballingarry dean's office Ballingarry Urge Gortnahoe and Glengoole Killenaule and Moyglass Mullinahone Deanery Cashel Cashel and Rosegreen Boherlahan and Dualla Clonoulty and Rossmore Golden and Kilfeacle Holycross and Ballycahill Knockavilla and Donaskeigh Moycarkey, Two-Mile-Borris and Littleton New Inn and Knockgraffon Deanery Fethard Fethard and Killusty Clerihan

Galbally Deanery Galbally and Lisvemane Emly Ballylanders Kilbehenny and Anglesboro Deanery Hospital Hospital and Herbertstown Kilteely and Dromkeen Knockalney and Patrickswell Knocklong and Glenbrohane Deanery Murroe Murroe and Boher Ballina and Boher Ballinahinch and Kiloscully Newport, Birdhill and Toor Caherconlish and Inch St. Laurence Ballybricken and Bohermore Cappamore Kilcommon and Hollyford and Rearcross

Deanery Thurles Thurles Upperchurch and Drombane Borrisoleigh and Ileigh Drom and Inch Templemore, Clonmore and Killea Loughmore and Castleiney Templetuohy and Moyne Deanery Tipperary Tipperary Anacarty and Donohill Bansha and Kilmoyler Cappawhite Doon Lattin and Cullen Pallasgreen and Templebradon Solohead and Oola

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly on gcatholic.org (English)
2. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia
3. ^ Map of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly ( Memento of April 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), official website of the Archdiocese, accessed on August 13, 2009.