Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
Kildarien(sis) vel Daren(sis) et Leighlien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Carlow, Ireland
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1694
- Latin
- Kildarien(sis) vel Daren(sis) et Leighlien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Brigid and Saint Conleth
- Annuario code
- 001001853
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 262,250
- Population
- 286,360
- Catholic share
- 91.6%
- Priests
- 111
- Catholics per priest
- 2,363
- Extent
- 4,165 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 63
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
- Denis Nulty
- Born
- 7 June 1963
- Birthplace
- Slane
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 Assumption, Carlow stands in Carlow, 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 Dublin
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dublin.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DublinDublin
- Diocese of FernsFerns
- Diocese of OssoryOssory
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].