Diocese of Raphoe
Rapoten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Raphoe, Ireland
The Diocese of Raphoe is a Latin Church diocese covering County Donegal in the north-west of Ireland, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Armagh. Niall Coll, previously Bishop of Ossory, was installed as Bishop of Raphoe on 25 January 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1111
- Latin
- Rapoten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Eunan (Adomnan) and Saint Columba
- Annuario code
- 001002722
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 82,600
- Population
- 90,700
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.1%
- Priests
- 70
- Catholics per priest
- 1,180
- Extent
- 4,030 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Niall Coll
- Born
- 25 August 1963
- Birthplace
- Letterkenny
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 St Eunan and St Columba, Letterkenny stands in Raphoe, 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:
- Diocese of Ardagh–ClonmacnoisArdagh
- Archdiocese of ArmaghArmagh
- Diocese of ClogherClogher
- Diocese of DerryDerry
- Diocese of Down and ConnorDown and Connor
- Diocese of DromoreDromore
- Diocese of KilmoreKilmore
- Diocese of MeathMeath
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.