Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin (/ˈlɔːxlɪn/; Irish: Deoise Chill Dara agus Leithghlinn) is a Roman Catholic diocese in eastern Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin and is subject to the Archdiocese of Dublin.[1][2][3] On 7 May 2013, the Most Reverend Denis Nulty was appointed bishop-elect of the diocese.

Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin Dioecesis Kildarensis et Leighlinensis Deoise Chill Dara agus Leithghlinne
Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow.
Location
Country	Republic of Ireland
Territory	County Carlow, parts of counties Kildare, Laois, Offaly, Kilkenny, Wicklow and Wexford
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Dublin
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Dublin
Statistics
Area	1,608 sq mi (4,160 km^2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 256,600 240,900 (93.9%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	United 29 November 1694
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow
Patron saint	Kildare: St Brigid and St Conleth Leighlin: St Lazerian
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Denis Nulty Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
Metropolitan Archbishop	Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin
Bishops emeritus	James Moriarty, Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin
Map
Website
kandle.ie

Geographic remit

The united diocese includes virtually all of County Carlow, most of County Kildare and parts of counties Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Wexford and Wicklow.[4] The largest towns in the diocese are Carlow, Edenderry, Kildare, Naas, Newbridge, Portarlington and Portlaoise.[5]

History

These two dioceses continued to be separate from their foundation until 1678, when, owing to the extreme tenuity of the episcopal revenues, the bishopric of Leighlin was given in commendam by the Holy See to the Bishop of Kildare. The Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is located in the town of Carlow.

The see is currently Fr Denis Nulty. The previous Ordinary was the Most Reverend James Moriarty who is now bishop emeritus, was appointed by the Holy See on 4 June 2002 and installed in the cathedral on 31 August 2 002.[6] He resigned the see on 22 April 2010.[7]

Today with the help of an enthusiastic lay people the Diocese is always busy in promoting faith of the youth in the local area. a Key example of this is by its active involvement in the John Paul II Awards. *The Pope John Paul II Award was created to commemorate the late Pope John Paul II who was so committed to young people and who had such belief and confidence in them. The Award was launched by the Papal Nuncio to Ireland, His Excellency Most Rev Dr Giuseppe Lazzarotto on 7 November 2006 in the Diocese of Derry, Ireland. it is dedicated to Pope John Paul II due to the strong beliefs he had in the youth of the world today.[8]

Deaneries and Parishes

The united Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin is divided into seven deaneries, each divided into a number of parishes or group parishes.[9]

Diocese	Deanery	Parishes or Group Parishes
Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin	Deanery of Borris	Borris Graignamanagh Leighlin Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) Myshall Paulstown St. Mullin's
	Deanery of Carlow	Arless Askea Bennekerry Carlow Cathedral Doonane Graiguecullen Tinryland
	Deanery of Kildare	Allen Balyna Carbury Curragh Camp Kildare Monasterevin Rathangan Suncroft
	Deanery of Naas	Caragh Clane Cooleragh & Staplestown Kilcock Kill Naas Newbridge Sallins Two-Mile-House
	Deanery of Portarlington	Clonaslee Clonbullogue Daingean Edenderry Emo Killeigh Mountmellick Portarlington Rhode Rosenallis
	Deanery of Portlaoise	Abbeyleix Ballinakill Ballyadams Ballyfin Mountrath Portlaoise Raheen Stradbally
	Deanery of Tullow	Ballon Baltinglass Clonegal Clonmore Rathvilly Hacketstown Tullow

Ordinaries

Main article: Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin

The following is a basic list of the Bishops of Kildare and Leighlin.[10][11]

• Edward Nolan (1834–1837)
• Francis Haly (1838–1855)
• James Walshe (1856–1888)
• James Lynch, C.M. (1888–1896)
• Patrick Foley (1897–1926)
• Matthew Cullen (1927–1936)
• Thomas Keogh (1936–1967)
• Patrick Lennon (1967–1987)
• Laurence Ryan (1987–2002)
• James Moriarty (2002–2010)
• Denis Nulty (2013–present)

See also

• Bishop of Leighlin
• Old Leighlin
• Diocese of Meath and Kildare (Church of Ireland)

References

1. Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
2. Archdiocese of Dublin. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
3. Kildare and Leighlin - Catholic Encyclopedia article
4. Kildare and Leighlin Diocese: The Diocese. Retrieved on 9 September 2009.
6. Kildare and Leighlin Diocese: Bishop. Retrieved on 9 September 2009.
7. Press Office of the Holy See Archived 28 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
8. http://thepopejohnpauliiaward.com
9. Kildare and Leighlin: Parishes. Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
10. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 432. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
11. Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved on 9 September 2009.

• http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/IE.htm

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.