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

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488,annuario · Annuario code 001001853 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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