Diocese of Clogher
Clogherien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Clogher, Ireland
The Diocese of Clogher is a Latin Catholic see covering County Monaghan, most of County Fermanagh and parts of several neighbouring counties in Ireland, dating to the Synod of Ráth Breasail in 1111. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Armagh and has been led by Bishop Lawrence Duffy since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1111
- Latin
- Clogherien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Macartan
- Annuario code
- 001001179
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 84,400
- Population
- 111,650
- Catholic share
- 75.6%
- Priests
- 72
- Catholics per priest
- 1,172
- Extent
- 8,951 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.4
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Lawrence Duffy
- Born
- 27 November 1951
- Birthplace
- Magheracloone
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan stands in Clogher, 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.
The province of Armagh
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Armagh.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ardagh–ClonmacnoisArdagh
- Archdiocese of ArmaghArmagh
- Diocese of DerryDerry
- Diocese of Down and ConnorDown and Connor
- Diocese of DromoreDromore
- Diocese of KilmoreKilmore
- Diocese of MeathMeath
- Diocese of RaphoeRaphoe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Clogher (Latin: Dioecesis Clogheriensis, Irish: Deoise Chlochair) was erected in 1111 at the Synod of Rathbreasail as the see for the Kingdom of Uí Chremthainn, and it belongs to the Province of Armagh. The first cathedral stood in the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, the site of a monastery founded in 454 by St. Macartan, whom St. Patrick appointed bishop in the 5th century.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].