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Diocese of Kilmore

Kilmoren(sis)

The Diocese of Kilmore is a Latin Church diocese covering almost all of County Cavan and parts of Counties Leitrim, Fermanagh, Meath and Sligo in Ireland, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Armagh. Martin Hayes has been its bishop since his episcopal ordination in September 2020.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1152
Latin
Kilmoren(sis)
Patron
Saint Patrick and Saint Felim
Annuario code
001001856

The see in figures

Catholics
69,483
Population
77,863
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
89.2%
Priests
65
Catholics per priest
1,069
Extent
2,201 km²
Catholics per km²
32

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

Bishop
Martin Hayes

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 Ss Patrick and Felim, Cavan stands in Kilmore, 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 Armagh

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Armagh.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.