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Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
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The Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin is a Latin Rite diocese covering County Carlow and parts of several neighbouring counties, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dublin. United in 1694 with its seat at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Carlow, it has been led by Bishop Denis Nulty since 2013.
- Bishop
- Denis Nulty
- Latin name
- Kildarien(sis) vel Daren(sis) et Leighlien(sis)
- Established
- 1694
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow
- Patron
- Saint Brigid and Saint Conleth
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Dublin (Archdiocese of Dublin)
- Catholics
- 262,250
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, Old Dublin Road, Carlow Town, r93 f6d5, Ireland
- Telephone
- Tel. [059]91.76.725; 91.42.796
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Ossory 30 km
- Diocese of Cashel and Emly 62 km
- Diocese of Ferns 64 km
- Diocese of Waterford and Lismore 66 km
- Diocese of Dublin 74 km
- Diocese of Meath 81 km
Parishes near the see
- Immaculate Conception · Allentown 1 km
- St Andrew · Askinagap 1 km
- Our Lady and St Joseph · Caragh (Prosperous) 1 km
- Holy Family · Askea 2 km
- St Mary · Bennekerry 4 km
- Assumption · Old Leighlin 13 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488,annuario · Annuario code 001001853 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08