Diocese of Elphin
Elphinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Elphin, Ireland
The Diocese of Elphin is a Latin Rite diocese in the west of Ireland covering parts of Counties Roscommon, Sligo and Galway, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tuam. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Sligo, and it is led by Bishop Kevin Doran, who since 2024 also leads the Diocese of Achonry in persona episcopi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1111
- Latin
- Elphinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Assicus
- Annuario code
- 001001358
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 68,000
- Population
- 70,000
- Catholic share
- 97.1%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 883
- Extent
- 3,111 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- Kevin Doran
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
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo stands in Elphin, 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 Tuam
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tuam.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AchonryAchonry
- Diocese of ClonfertClonfert
- Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh–KilfenoraGalway
- Diocese of KillalaKillala
- Archdiocese of TuamTuam
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].