Diocese of Limerick Dioecesis Limericiensis Deoise Luimnigh | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Territory | Most of County Limerick and parts of counties Clare and Kerry |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cashel and Emly |
| Metropolitan | Cashel and Emly |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 811 sq mi (2,100 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 192,300 184,300 (95.8%) |
| Parishes | 60 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin |
| Cathedral | St John's, Limerick |
| Patron saint | Ss Munchin and Ita |
| Secular priests | 65 (as of 2018) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Brendan Leahy, Bishop of Limerick |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Kieran O'Reilly, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly |
| Bishops emeritus | Donal Murray |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| limerickdiocese.org | |
The Diocese of Limerick (Irish: Deoise Luimnigh) 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 St John's Cathedral in Limerick.
The incumbent bishop of the diocese is Brendan Leahy.