Suffragan diocese Clogher, Ireland
Diocese of Clogher
Clogherien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1111
- Catholics
- 84,400
- Priests
- 72
- Territory
- 8,951 km²
Parishes and churches
38 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St PatrickBelcooView parish
- St PatrickCashelnadreaView parish
- St PatrickCorduffView parish
- St PatrickEskraMass times recorded
- St PatrickLettercranView parish
- St PatrickTouraView parish
- St PatrickTyhollandMass times recorded
- St TierneyRosleaMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Lawrence Duffy
- Born
- 27 November 1951
- Birthplace
- Magheracloone
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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.
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.
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- Bishop Larry Duffy announces Diocese of Clogher clerical changes
- Clogher Diocese hosts faith summer camp
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- Diocese of Clogher announces Confirmation dates for 2027
- Bishop Duffy pays tribute to Fr Jim Moore
- Bishop Gregory Parkes announces clergy changes
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