Diocese of Killaloe Dioecesis Laoniensis Deoise Chill Dalua | |
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Location | |
Country | Ireland |
Territory | Parts of counties Clare, Laois, Limerick, Offaly and Tipperary |
Ecclesiastical province | Cashel and Emly |
Metropolitan | Cashel and Emly |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,747 sq mi (4,520 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 129,436 119,313 (92.2%) |
Parishes | 58 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin |
Established | 1111 |
Cathedral | Ss Peter and Paul, Ennis |
Patron saint | Flannan |
Secular priests | 70 (as of 2020) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Fintan Monahan, Bishop of Killaloe |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Kieran O'Reilly, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly |
Vicar General | Fr. Desmond Hillery |
Bishops emeritus | Willie Walsh, Bishop of Killaloe |
Map | |
Website | |
killaloediocese.ie |
The Diocese of Killaloe (/ˌkɪləˈluː/ kil-ə-LOO; Irish: Deoise Chill Dalua) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in mid-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly.
The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul in Ennis, County Clare.
The incumbent bishop of the diocese is Fintan Monahan.