Diocese of Limerick
Limericien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Limerick, Ireland
The Diocese of Limerick is a Latin Church diocese in the west of Ireland, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, with its see at St John's Cathedral in Limerick city. Brendan Leahy has been bishop since his ordination in April 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1111
- Latin
- Limericien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Munchin and Saint Ita
- Annuario code
- 001002005
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 184,300
- Population
- 192,300
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.8%
- Priests
- 65
- Catholics per priest
- 2,835
- Extent
- 2,100 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 88
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
- Brendan Leahy
- Born
- 28 March 1960
- Birthplace
- Dublin
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
St John's Cathedral, Limerick stands in Limerick, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Cashel and EmlyThurles
- Diocese of KillaloeKillaloe
- Diocese of Waterford and LismoreWaterford
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.