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Metropolitan see Thurles, Ireland

Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly

Cashelien(sis) seu Cassilien(sis) et Emelien(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly is a Latin metropolitan see covering most of County Tipperary and parts of County Limerick in Ireland, with Cashel raised to an archdiocese at the Synod of Kells in 1152 and the sees of Cashel and Emly long united (formally renamed the metropolitan see of Cashel and Emly in 2015). It has been led by Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly, S.M.A., since 2014.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles, in Thurles, Ireland.

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Established
1111
Catholics
79,505
Priests
77
Territory
3,082 km²

Parishes and churches

47 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Kieran O'Reilly
Born
8 August 1952
Birthplace
Cork
Institute
SOCIETÀ DELLE MISSIONI AFRICANE (S.M.A.)

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles stands in Thurles, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

In mid-western Ireland stands the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly (Irish: Ard-Deoise Chaisil agus Imligh), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church and the metropolis of the ecclesiastical province that bears its name. Its cathedral church is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Thurles, County Tipperary. As of 2024 the archbishop is Kieran O'Reilly.