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Diocese of Clonfert

Dioecesis Clonfertensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Michael Gerard Duignan, Bishop
  • John Kirby, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 550
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tuam
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ireland
  • Square Kilometers: 616 (237 Square Miles)
  • Description: Parts of Galway, Offaly and Roscommon
  • Official Web Site: http://www.clonfertdiocese.ie/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Coorheen, Loughrea Co., Galway, H62 TD82, Ireland
  • Telephone: (091)841.560

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
550ErectedDiocese of Clonfert (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195038,39338,79699.0%5636924174713324ap1951
197034,16034,61398.7%5918774433517624ap1971
198033,44833,84898.8%5625814123416024ap1981
199032,75033,00099.2%6426903632614624ap1991
199932,20032,60098.8%6328913533113024ap2000
200032,20032,60098.8%5928873703112824ap2001
200132,20032,60098.8%5826843832912524ap2002
200232,20032,60098.8%5626823922912024ap2003
200334,80035,30098.6%5526814292911824ap2004
200434,80035,30098.6%5426804352911424ap2005
200635,20035,70098.6%4824724882710424ap2007
201335,40035,90098.6%4119605902510024ap2014
201637,20040,90091.0%431861609208124ap2017
201937,30040,25092.7%381856666207824ap2020
202137,86540,86092.7%322153714226124ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 193
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 131
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 170
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 154
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 162
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 170
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 154
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 211
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 211, to Page 212

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