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Suffragan diocese Clonfert, Ireland

Diocese of Clonfert

Clonferten(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Clonfert is a Latin Rite diocese in the west of Ireland, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tuam, with its seat at St Brendan's Cathedral in Loughrea. Since February 2022 it has been held in persona episcopi by Bishop Michael Duignan, who simultaneously leads Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora.

On the map

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The address the register holds for St Brendan's Cathedral, Loughrea, in Clonfert, Ireland.

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Established
1111
Catholics
36,000
Priests
47
Territory
2,486 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Michael Duignan

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The cathedral

St Brendan's Cathedral, Loughrea stands in Clonfert, 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

The Diocese of Clonfert (Irish: Deoise Chluain Fearta), in the west of Ireland, is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church within the Metropolitan Province of Tuam. Michael Duignan, named by the Holy See on 16 July 2019, was ordained bishop on 13 October 2019. By both population and territory it is the smallest diocese in Ireland, with a shrinking body of clergy; acknowledging this, in Feb 2022 the Vatican joined the see in persona episcopi so that Michael Duignan serves at the same time as Bishop of Clonfert and of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora.