Continent: West Europe
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Galway and Kilmacduagh (English) / Galvien(sis) et Duacen(sis) (Latin)
United Title: Kilfenora
Ecclesiastical Province: Tuam
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Our Lady Assumed into Heaven (August 15) [Galway], Saint Colman mac Duagh (October 29) [Kilmacduagh], Saint Fachanan (August 14) [Kilfenora]
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Address: Diocesan Office, The Cathedral, Galway, Ireland
Phone: (091)563.566
Bishop (2022.02.11 – ...): | Bishop Michael Duignan (53) |
Bishops of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Michael Duignan (53) Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland) Respicite ad eum et illuminamini
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Bishop Brendan Kelly (77) Bishop emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland)
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Bishop Martin Drennan Comhoidhri le Criost / Co-heirs with Christ
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Bishop James McLoughlin
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Bishop Eamon Casey
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Bishop Michael Browne
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Bishop Thomas O’Doherty
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Bishop Thomas O’Dea
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Bishop Francis McCormack (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Thomas Joseph Carr (later Archbishop)
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Bishops of Galway (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop John MacEvilly
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Bishop Laurence O’Donnell
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Bishop George Joseph Plunket Browne
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Ordinaries of Saint Nicholas (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Nicholas Foran (later Bishop)
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Area: 2,610 km²
Population: 117,000 Catholics (76.0% of 154,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes
Personnel: 90 priests (47 diocesan, 43 religious), 209 religious (52 brothers, 157 sisters)
Last updated on 2024.04.28
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