Archdiocese of Tuam
Tuamen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Tuam, Ireland
The Archdiocese of Tuam is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese covering parts of Counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon in western Ireland, and is the metropolitan see for several suffragan dioceses. Established as an ecclesiastical province at the Synod of Kells in 1152, it has been led by Archbishop Francis Duffy since 2022, who additionally became Bishop of Killala in 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1152
- Latin
- Tuamen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Jarlath
- Annuario code
- 001000006
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 143,411
- Population
- 159,378
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 103
- Catholics per priest
- 1,392
- Extent
- 5,677 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
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
- Francis Duffy
- Born
- 21 April 1958
- Birthplace
- Bawnboy
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 of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tuam stands in Tuam, 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 Tuam
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AchonryAchonry
- Diocese of ClonfertClonfert
- Diocese of ElphinElphin
- Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh–KilfenoraGalway
- Diocese of KillalaKillala
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.