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Metropolitan see Tuam, Ireland

Archdiocese of Tuam

Tuamen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tuam, in Tuam, Ireland.

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Established
1152
Catholics
143,411
Priests
103
Territory
5,677 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Francis Duffy
Born
21 April 1958
Birthplace
Bawnboy

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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.

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