Diocese of Waterford and Lismore

Historical Details

• Diocese of Waterford
  • Latin Name: Vaterfordiensis
  • Erected: 1096
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cashel
  • Country: Ireland

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Malchus † ( 1096 Appointed - 1110 Died)
• Augustin † (6 Oct 1175 Appointed - 1182 Died)
• David Walsh † ( 1204 Ordained Bishop - 1209 Died)
• Robert † ( 1210 Appointed - )
• William Wace † (7 Apr 1223 Appointed - )
• Walter , O.S.B. † (20 Aug 1227 Appointed - )
• Stephen † ( 1238 Appointed - 1246 Died)
• Henry † (11 Mar 1249 Appointed - 1251 Died)
• Philip † (26 Mar 1252 Appointed - )
• William † (2 Apr 1255 Appointed - 1272 Died)
• Stephen of Fulburn, O.F.M. † ( 1273 Appointed - 12 Jul 1286 Appointed, Archbishop of Tuam)
• Walter de Fulbourn, O.F.M. † (12 Jul 1286 Appointed - Dec 1307 Died)
• Matthew † (14 Dec 1307 Appointed - 18 Dec 1322 Died)
• Nicolas Welifeld † ( 1323 Appointed - 27 Jun 1337 Died)
• Richard Francis † ( 1338 Appointed - )
• Roger Cradock, O.F.M. † (3 Mar 1350 Appointed - 15 Dec 1361 Appointed, Bishop of Llandaff, Wales)
• Thomas La Reve † (16 Jun 1363 Appointed - 1393 Died)
• Robert Reade † (9 Sep 1394 Appointed - 26 Jan 1396 Appointed, Bishop of Carlisle, England)
• Thomas Spankford † (27 Jan 1396 Appointed - 1397 Died)
• John Deping, O.P. † (11 Jul 1397 Appointed - 4 Feb 1400 Died)
• Thomas Snell † (26 May 1400 Appointed - 11 Mar 1407 Appointed, Bishop of Ossory)
• Roger Appleby † ( 1406 Appointed - 1409 Died)
• John Geese, O. Carm. † (23 Aug 1409 Appointed - 1413 Removed)
• Thomas Colby, O. Carm. † (9 Feb 1414 Appointed - )
• John Geese, O. Carm. † (4 Dec 1422 Appointed - 22 Dec 1425 Died)
• Richard Ankel † (27 Feb 1426 Appointed - 7 May 1446 Died)
• Robert Poer † (2 Sep 1446 Appointed - 1471 Died)
• Richard Martin, O.F.M. † (9 Mar 1472 Appointed - 1474 Died)
• John de Cutwart † (17 Mar 1475 Appointed - 1480 Resigned)
• Nicholas O’Hennesy, O. Cist. † (26 May 1480 Appointed - 1483 Died)
• John Bulcomp † (19 Sep 1483 Appointed - )
• Thomas Purcell † ( 1486 Appointed - 13 Apr 1519 Resigned)
• Nicholas Comyn † (13 Apr 1519 Appointed - 1548 Resigned)
• John Meehray (MacGrath), O.F.M. Obs. † (21 Jul 1550 Appointed - 1551 Died)
• Patrick Walsh † (23 Oct 1551 Ordained Bishop - 1578 Died)
• Patrick Comerford, O.S.A. † (12 Feb 1629 Appointed - 10 Mar 1652 Died)
• Patrick Hacket † (17 Apr 1657 Appointed - )
• John Brenan † (19 Aug 1671 Appointed - 1693 Died)
• Richard Piers † (21 May 1696 Confirmed - 26 Mar 1739 Died)
• Sylvester Louis Lloyd, O.F.M. † (29 May 1739 Confirmed - Aug 1747 Died)
• Peter Creagh † (Aug 1747 Succeeded - 12 Feb 1775 Died)
• William Egan † (12 Feb 1775 Succeeded - 22 Jul 1796 Died)
• Thomas Hussey † (10 Jan 1797 Appointed - 11 Jul 1803 Died)
• John Power † (27 Jan 1804 Appointed - 27 Jan 1816 Died)
• Robert Walsh † (4 Jul 1817 Appointed - 1 Oct 1821 Died)
• Patrick Kelly † (22 Feb 1822 Appointed - 8 Oct 1829 Died)
• William Abraham † (12 Jan 1830 Appointed - 23 Jan 1837 Died)
• Nicholas Foran † (6 Jun 1837 Appointed - 11 May 1855 Died)
• Dominic O’Brien † (3 Aug 1855 Appointed - 12 Jun 1873 Died)
• John Power † (12 Jun 1873 Succeeded - 17 Dec 1887 Died)
• Pierse Power † (17 Dec 1887 Succeeded - 22 May 1889 Died)
• John Egan † (19 Nov 1889 Appointed - 10 Jun 1891 Died)
• Richard Alphonsus Sheehan † (15 Jan 1892 Appointed - 14 Oct 1915 Died)
• Bernard Hackett, C.Ss.R. † (29 Jan 1916 Appointed - 1 Jun 1932 Died)
• Jeremiah Kinane † (21 Apr 1933 Appointed - 31 Jan 1942 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly))
• Daniel Cohalan † (30 Jan 1943 Appointed - 27 Jan 1965 Died)
• Michael Russell † (8 Nov 1965 Appointed - 27 May 1993 Retired)
• William Lee † (27 May 1993 Appointed - 1 Oct 2013 Resigned)
• Alphonsus Cullinan (2 Feb 2015 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
1950	104,900	107,350	97.7%	125	80	205	511		275	678	39	ap1951
1970	98,126	99,235	98.9%	123	85	208	471		351	700	39	ap1971
1980	117,900	119,000	99.1%	107	86	193	610		218	607	44	ap1981
1990	124,977	126,613	98.7%	110	97	207	603		207	577	45	ap1991
1999	135,419	137,564	98.4%	103	85	188	720		150	472	45	ap2000
2000	137,364	139,477	98.5%	102	84	186	738		145	460	45	ap2001
2001	138,829	140,969	98.5%	102	78	180	771		137	448	45	ap2002
2002	135,879	138,649	98.0%	101	72	173	785		126	429	45	ap2003
2003	135,879	138,649	98.0%	98	69	167	813		123	417	45	ap2004
2004	136,029	140,506	96.8%	95	66	161	844		116	395	45	ap2005
2010	144,027	152,136	94.7%	96	58	154	935		98	317	45	ap2011
2014	146,657	158,493	92.5%	84	49	133	1,102		82	248	45	ap2015
2017	148,500	161,700	91.8%	81	48	129	1,151		81	251	45	ap2018
2020	146,502	162,437	90.2%	73	48	121	1,210	3	85	192	37	ap2021
2022	127,500	170,000	75.0%	69	48	117	1,089	3	87	189	45	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Alphonsus Cullinan (Bishop: 2 Feb 2015 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• William Abraham † (Priest: 31 May 1817; Bishop: 12 Jan 1830 to 23 Jan 1837)
• Richard Ankel † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1426 to 7 May 1446)
• Roger Appleby † (Bishop: 1406 to 1409)
• John Brenan † (Bishop: 19 Aug 1671 to 1693)
• Michael David Browne, O.P. †
• John Bulcomp † (Bishop: 19 Sep 1483 - )
• Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. †
• James Vincent Cleary † (Priest: 20 Sep 1851 to 1 Oct 1880)
• Daniel Cohalan † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1943 to 27 Jan 1965)
• Thomas Colby, O. Carm. † (Bishop: 9 Feb 1414)
• Patrick Comerford, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 12 Feb 1629 to 10 Mar 1652)
• Nicholas Comyn † (Bishop: 13 Apr 1519 to 1548)
• Roger Cradock, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 3 Mar 1350 to 15 Dec 1361)
• Peter Creagh † (Coadjutor Bishop: 12 Apr 1745; Bishop: Aug 1747 to 12 Feb 1775)
• John de Cutwart † (Bishop: 17 Mar 1475 to 1480)
• John Deping, O.P. † (Bishop: 11 Jul 1397 to 4 Feb 1400)
• Robert Dunne † (Priest: 4 Jun 1854 to 3 Jan 1882)
• John Egan † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1889 to 10 Jun 1891)
• William Egan † (Priest: 1750; Coadjutor Bishop: 8 Mar 1771; Bishop: 12 Feb 1775 to 22 Jul 1796)
• Nicholas Foran † (Priest: 1808; Bishop: 6 Jun 1837 to 11 May 1855)
• Richard Francis † (Bishop: 1338 - )
• Walter de Fulbourn, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 12 Jul 1286 to Dec 1307)
• Stephen of Fulburn, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1273 to 12 Jul 1286)
• John Geese, O. Carm. † (Bishop: 23 Aug 1409 to 1413)
• Patrick Hacket † (Vicar Apostolic: 17 Apr 1657)
• Bernard Hackett, C.Ss.R. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1888 to 8 Sep 1905; Bishop: 29 Jan 1916 to 1 Jun 1932)
• Charles Joseph Henderson †
• Thomas Hussey † (Bishop: 10 Jan 1797 to 11 Jul 1803)
• Patrick Kelly † (Bishop: 22 Feb 1822 to 8 Oct 1829)
• Jeremiah Kinane † (Bishop: 21 Apr 1933 to 31 Jan 1942)
• Tobias Kirby †
• Thomas La Reve † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1363 to 1393)
• William Lee † (Bishop: 27 May 1993 to 1 Oct 2013)
• Sylvester Louis Lloyd, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 29 May 1739 to Aug 1747)
• Richard Martin, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 9 Mar 1472 to 1474)
• John Meehray (MacGrath), O.F.M. Obs. † (Bishop: 21 Jul 1550 to 1551)
• Dominic O’Brien † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1855 to 12 Jun 1873)
• Patrick Joseph O’Connor † (Priest: 18 Sep 1875 to 12 Jan 1903)
• Nicholas O’Hennesy, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 26 May 1480 to 1483)
• Richard Piers † (Bishop: 21 May 1696 to 26 Mar 1739)
• Robert Poer † (Bishop: 2 Sep 1446 to 1471)
• John Power † (Priest: 16 Jun 1832; Coadjutor Bishop: 20 May 1873; Bishop: 12 Jun 1873 to 17 Dec 1887)
• John Power † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1804 to 27 Jan 1816)
• Nicholas Power †
• Pierse Power † (Coadjutor Bishop: 29 Jan 1886; Bishop: 17 Dec 1887 to 22 May 1889)
• Edmond Francis Prendergast †
• Thomas Purcell † (Bishop: 1486 to 13 Apr 1519)
• Robert Reade † (Bishop: 9 Sep 1394 to 26 Jan 1396)
• Michael Russell † (Bishop: 8 Nov 1965 to 27 May 1993)
• Michael Sheehan † (Priest: 16 Jun 1895 to 22 Feb 1922)
• Richard Alphonsus Sheehan † (Bishop: 15 Jan 1892 to 14 Oct 1915)
• Thomas Snell † (Bishop: 26 May 1400 to 11 Mar 1407)
• Thomas Spankford † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1396 to 1397)
• Robert St-Léger, S.J. †
• Thomas Stritch † (Coadjutor Bishop: 18 Dec 1743 to 20 Feb 1745)
• Michael Tierney †
• William Wace † (Bishop: 7 Apr 1223)
• David Walsh † (Bishop: 1204 to 1209)
• Patrick Walsh † (Bishop: 23 Oct 1551 to 1578)
• Robert Walsh † (Bishop: 4 Jul 1817 to 1 Oct 1821)
• Thomas Walsh †
• William Walsh †
• Nicolas Welifeld † (Bishop: 1323 to 27 Jun 1337)
• Augustin † (Bishop: 6 Oct 1175 to 1182)
• Henry † (Bishop: 11 Mar 1249 to 1251)
• Malchus † (Bishop: 1096 to 1110)
• Matthew † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1307 to 18 Dec 1322)
• Philip † (Bishop: 26 Mar 1252)
• Robert † (Bishop: 1210 - )
• Stephen † (Bishop: 1238 to 1246)
• Walter , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 20 Aug 1227)
• William † (Bishop: 2 Apr 1255 to 1272)

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