Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
Cashelien(sis) seu Cassilien(sis) et Emelien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Thurles, Ireland
The Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly is a Latin metropolitan see covering most of County Tipperary and parts of County Limerick in Ireland, with Cashel raised to an archdiocese at the Synod of Kells in 1152 and the sees of Cashel and Emly long united (formally renamed the metropolitan see of Cashel and Emly in 2015). It has been led by Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly, S.M.A., since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1111
- Latin
- Cashelien(sis) seu Cassilien(sis) et Emelien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Ailbe of Emly
- Annuario code
- 001001073
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 79,505
- Population
- 81,981
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.0%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 1,033
- Extent
- 3,082 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 26
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Kieran O'Reilly
- Born
- 8 August 1952
- Birthplace
- Cork
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DELLE MISSIONI AFRICANE (S.M.A.)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles stands in Thurles, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cashel and Emly
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KillaloeKillaloe
- Diocese of LimerickLimerick
- Diocese of Waterford and LismoreWaterford
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In mid-western Ireland stands the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly (Irish: Ard-Deoise Chaisil agus Imligh), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church and the metropolis of the ecclesiastical province that bears its name. Its cathedral church is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Thurles, County Tipperary. As of 2024 the archbishop is Kieran O'Reilly.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.