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Diocese of Killala

Dioecesis Alladensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Vacant
  • Francis Duffy, Apostolic Administrator
  • John Fleming, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 6th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tuam
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ireland
  • Square Kilometers: 3,734 (1,442 Square Miles)
  • Description: Parts of Mayo and Sligo
  • Official Web Site: http://www.killaladiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Sligo Rd., Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland
  • Telephone: (096)21.518
  • Fax: 70.344

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
6th CenturyErectedDiocese of Killala (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195047,97149,23797.4%616178612422ap1951
197042,42043,33197.9%606070722ap1971
198040,20441,90495.9%5353758411722ap1981
199038,28639,10197.9%5025273659222ap1991
199936,58637,45797.7%534576411117522ap2000
200036,97537,83397.7%534576481117322ap2001
200136,93438,00197.2%534576471127122ap2002
200238,11539,25497.1%555606351136922ap2003
200337,75838,89797.1%545596391136522ap2004
200437,95139,56295.9%5635964385322ap2005
200638,63340,47195.5%5025274275122ap2007
201337,76140,91692.3%4714878613622ap2014
201638,27639,82296.1%4014193343522ap2017
201938,06941,48191.8%4024290653422ap2020
202136,01240,36589.2%3834187863422ap2022

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 79
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 83
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 99
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 79
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 79
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 77
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 223, to Page 224

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