Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher

Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher
Diocese of Clogher
Dioecesis Clogheriensis
Deoise Chlochair
Location
Territory County Monaghan, most of County Fermanagh and parts of counties Tyrone, Donegal, Louth and Cavan
Ecclesiastical province Province of Armagh
Metropolitan Partly in the Republic of Ireland and partly in Northern Ireland
Statistics
Area 1,334 sq mi (3,460 km2)
Population
- Catholics

86,047
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral St. Macartan’s Cathedral, Monaghan
Patron saint St Macartan
Current leadership
Pope Pope Benedict XVI
Bishop Liam McDaid,
Bishop-elect of Clogher
Metropolitan Archbishop Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady,
Archbishop of Armagh
Emeritus Bishops Joseph Duffy,
Bishop Emeritus of Clogher
Map

The Diocese of Clogher, shown in pink,
within the Province of Armagh
Website
clogherdiocese.ie

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher (Irish: Deoise Chlochair) was formed in 1111 at the Synod of Rathbreasail as the see for the Kingdom of Uí Chremthainn. The Diocese consists of County Monaghan, much of County Fermanagh with parts of Counties Tyrone, and Donegal.[1] It is part of the Archdiocese of Armagh.

The original cathedral was in the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, site of a monastery founded in 454 by St. Macartan, who was appointed bishop by St. Patrick in the 5th century. Following the Reformation, Clogher Cathedral was taken over by the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic diocese was without a permanent see until 1851 when a decision was made to move to the larger town of Monaghan 32 kilometres south east of Clogher village. The foundation stone of a new Cathedral Church of St Macartan was laid in Monaghan in 1861.[2]

Today the diocese has a membership of over 100,000 parishioners spread across 37 parishes. The current bishop-elect of the Diocese of Clogher is the Most Reverend Liam McDaid, appointed on 6 May 2010.

Contents

Domhnach Airigid

The shrine of the diocese originally housed a copy of the Gospels and the Cross of the Clogher Dicoese. According to tradition, these were originally given to St. Macartan by St. Patrick, although the manuscript as it exists today dates from the eighth century.[3] Today these relics of ecclesiastical art are at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.

Principal Saints of the Diocese

  • St Macartan of Clogher
  • St Tiarnach of Clones
  • St Molaise of Devenish
  • St Davóg of Lough Derg
  • St Davnet of Sliabh Beagh
  • St Fanchea of Rossory

Parishes of the Diocese

Number Name Location
1 Pettigo Donegal
2 Culmaine Fermanagh
3 Dromore Tyrone
4 Magh Ene Donegal
5 Inis Muighe Samh Fermanagh
6 Botha Fermanagh
7 Devenish Fermanagh
8 Kilskeery Fermanagh/Tyrone
9 Donacavey Tyrone
10 Eskra Tyrone
11 Clogher Tyrone
12 Aghavea-Aughintaine Fermanagh/Tyrone
13 Pobal Fermanagh
14 Enniskillen Fermanagh
15 Cleenish Fermanagh
16 Aghalurcher Fermanagh
17 Galloon Fermanagh
18 Clones Fermanagh/Monaghan
19 Roslea Fermanagh/Monaghan
20 Tydavnet Monaghan
21 Errigal Truagh Monaghan
22 Donagh Monaghan
23 Tyholland Monaghan
24 Monaghan Monaghan
25 Kilmore & Drumsnat Monaghan
26 Currin, Killeevan & Aghabog Monaghan
27 Ematris Monaghan
28 Tullycorbet Monaghan
29 Clontibret Monaghan
30 Aughnamullan West Monaghan
31 Aughnamullan East Monaghan
32 Muckno Monaghan
33 Donaghmoyne Monaghan
34 Inniskeen Monaghan/Louth
35 Machaire Rois Monaghan
36 Killanny Monaghan/Louth
37 Magheracloone Monaghan

Ordinaries

The following is a basic list of the post-Reformation Roman Catholic bishops and vicars apostolic.[4]

References

  1. ^ St Macartan - 1500 years of faith (Diocese of Clogher)
  2. ^ Peter Galloway, The Cathedrals of Ireland, Belfast, 1992
  3. ^ Repair of the Domhnach Airgid, Heritage Council Grants Programme
  4. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 418. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 

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