Archdiocese of Tuam
Tuamen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Tuam, Ireland
The Archdiocese of Tuam is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese covering parts of Counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon in western Ireland, and is the metropolitan see for several suffragan dioceses. Established as an ecclesiastical province at the Synod of Kells in 1152, it has been led by Archbishop Francis Duffy since 2022, who additionally became Bishop of Killala in 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1152
- Latin
- Tuamen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Jarlath
- Annuario code
- 001000006
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 143,411
- Population
- 159,378
- Catholic share
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 103
- Catholics per priest
- 1,392
- Extent
- 5,677 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
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
- Archbishop
- Francis Duffy
- Born
- 21 April 1958
- Birthplace
- Bawnboy
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 of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tuam stands in Tuam, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AchonryAchonry
- Diocese of ClonfertClonfert
- Diocese of ElphinElphin
- Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh–KilfenoraGalway
- Diocese of KillalaKillala
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].