Synod of Rathbreasail

Synod of Rathbreasail

The Synod of Rathbreasail took place in Ireland in 1111. It marked the transition of the Irish church from a monastic to a diocesan and parish-based church. Many Irish Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland (Protestant) dioceses trace their boundaries to decisions made at the synod.

The synod was attended by no fewer than fifty bishops, three hundred priests and over three thousand laymen. It established two provinces, with archbishoprics at Armagh and Cashel. Each province consisted of twelve territorial dioceses. The boundaries of the dioceses were only vaguely defined, however. The synod also brought the existing see of Waterford, subject to Canterbury, under the authority of the Archbishop of Cashel.

It was the third of four great reforming Irish synods, the other three were at Cashel (1101), Kells-Mellifont (1152) and Cashel again (1172).

Dioceses established

The following 24 dioceses were established by the synod:
*Armagh
*Cashel
*Ardagh: East Connacht
*Ardstraw: Cehel Tír Eogain (except Inis Eogain)
*Clogher: Approximating to Kingdom of Uí Chremthainn
*Clonard: West Meath †
*Clonfert: Territory of the Uí Maine
*Connor: Territory of Dalriada
*Cong was named as one of the five dioceses for Connacht, but no names of bishops have been recorded.
*Cork
*Down: Territory of Ulidia
*Duleek: East Meath †
*Elphin: East Connacht
*Emly
*Ferns
*Glendalough
*Kildare
*Kilkenny (subsequently renamed Ossory): Territory of Osraige
*Killala: Territory of the Uí Fiachrach
*Killaloe: Territory of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne
*Leighlin: One of five dioceses for Leinster
*Limerick
*Raphoe: Tír Conaill and Inis Eogain
*Ratass: Territories of the Ciarraighe, Corco Duibne and Eoganacht Locha Léin (moved to Ardfert by 1117)
*Tuam: One of five dioceses in Connacht
*Diocese of Waterford: already in existence, but had been subject to the Archdiocese of Canterbury prior to 1111

The Diocese of Dublin acknowledged the jurisdiction of Canterbury until 1096, but was not included in the list of dioceses at the synod. It was not incorporated into the system of Irish dioceses until 1152.

†At the Synod of Uisneach, convened by the abbot of Clonmacnaoise later in 1111, the See of Duleek was suppressed, West Meath assigned to a new Diocese of Clonmacnaoise and East Meath to Clonard. It appears, however, that a number of Bishops of Duleek were appointed before 1160.

References

*Peter Galloway, "The Cathedrals of Ireland", Belfast 1992

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/diocese.htm The Dioceses of Ireland, Territorial History (Rootsweb)]


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