Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin

Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin Dioecesis Kildarensis et Leighlinensis Deoise Chill Dara agus Leithghlinne
File:Carlow-cathedral.JPG The Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow.
Location
Country	Republic of Ireland
Territory	County Carlow, parts of counties Kildare, Laois, Offaly, Kilkenny, Wicklow and Wexford
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Dublin
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Dublin
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 220,427 205,185 (93.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	United 29 November 1694
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow
Patron saint	Kildare: St Brigid and St Conleth Leighlin: St Lazerian
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Denis Nulty Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
Metropolitan Archbishop	Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin
Emeritus Bishops	James Moriarty, Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin
Map
The Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin within the Province of Dublin The Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin within the Province of Dublin
Website
kandle.ie

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin (/ˈlɔːxlᵻn/; Irish: Deoise Chill Dara agus Leithghlinn) is a Roman Catholic diocese in eastern Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin and is subject to the Archdiocese of Dublin. On 7 May 2013, the Most Reverend Denis Nulty was appointed bishop-elect of the diocese.

Geographic remit

The united diocese includes virtually all of County Carlow, most of County Kildare and parts of counties Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Wexford and Wicklow. The largest towns in the diocese are Athy, Carlow, Edenderry, Kildare, Naas, Newbridge, Portarlington and Portlaoise.

History

These two dioceses continued to be separate from their foundation until 1678, when, owing to the extreme tenuity of the episcopal revenues, the bishopric of Leighlin was given in commendam by the Holy See to the Bishop of Kildare. The Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is located in the town of Carlow.

The see is currently Fr Denis Nulty. The previous Ordinary was the Most Reverend James Moriarty who is now bishop emeritus, was appointed by the Holy See on 4 June 2002 and installed in the cathedral on 31 August 2002. He resigned the see on 22 April 2010.

Deaneries and Parishes

The united Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin is divided into seven deaneries, each divided into a number of parishes or group parishes.

Diocese	Deanery	Parishes or Group Parishes
Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin	Deanery of Borris	Borris Graignamanagh Leighlin Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) Myshall Paulstown St. Mullin's
	Deanery of Carlow	Arless Askea Bennekerry Carlow Cathedral Doonane Graiguecullen Tinryland
	Deanery of Kildare	Allen Balyna Carbury Curragh Camp Kildare Monasterevin Rathangan Suncroft
	Deanery of Naas	Caragh Clane Cooleragh & Staplestown Kilcock Kill Naas Newbridge Sallins Two-Mile-House
	Deanery of Portarlington	Clonaslee Clonbullogue Daingean Edenderry Emo Killeigh Mountmellick Portarlington Rhode Rosenallis
	Deanery of Portlaoise	Abbeyleix Ballinakill Ballyadams Ballyfin Mountrath Portlaoise Raheen Stradbally
	Deanery of Tullow	Ballon Baltinglass Clonegal Clonmore Rathvilly Hacketstown Tullow

Ordinaries

Main article: Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin

The following is a basic list of the Bishops of Kildare and Leighlin.

• Edward Nolan (1834–1837)
• Francis Haly (1838–1855)
• James Walshe (1856–1888)
• James Lynch, C.M. (1888–1896)
• Patrick Foley (1897–1926)
• Matthew Cullen (1927–1936)
• Thomas Keogh (1936–1967)
• Patrick Lennon (1967–1987)
• Laurence Ryan (1987–2002)
• James Moriarty (2002–2010)
• Denis Nulty (2013–present)

See also

• Bishop of Leighlin
• Old Leighlin
• Diocese of Meath and Kildare (Church of Ireland)

References

http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/IE.htm  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: