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Diocese of Clogher

Dioecesis Clogheriensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Lawrence Duffy, Bishop
  • Joseph Duffy, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 454
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Armagh
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ireland
  • Square Kilometers: 3,456 (1,334 Square Miles)
  • Description: Monaghan, Most of Fermanagh and parts of Tyrone, Donegal, Louth and Cavan
  • Official Web Site: http://www.clogherdiocese.ie/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Tigh an Easpaig, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
  • Telephone: (047)81.019

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
454ErectedDiocese of Clogher (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195083,569117,25071.3%136161525494027640ap1951
197074,437104,60571.2%121261475065126840ap1971
198081,000108,80074.4%116211375913623440ap1981
199086,500114,90075.3%109171266862518937ap1991
199986,022113,20176.0%89111008601516437ap2000
200085,022113,20175.1%926988671015937ap2001
200186,047113,23976.0%887959051115237ap2002
200286,047113,23976.0%886949151014837ap2003
200386,047113,23976.0%86389966614637ap2004
200486,047113,23976.0%85388977614137ap2005
200686,483113,40176.3%793821,054613937ap2007
201388,203114,30077.2%775821,075613037ap2014
201688,400113,70077.7%746801,105612037ap2017
201984,400111,65075.6%669751,12511010837ap2020
202185,500113,18075.5%649731,17111010437ap2022

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 192
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 131
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 170
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 154
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 162
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 170
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 210, to Page 211

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