Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher
| Diocese of Clogher Dioecesis Clogheriensis Deoise Chlochair |
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| Location | |
| Territory | County Monaghan, most of County Fermanagh and parts of counties Tyrone, Donegal, Louth and Cavan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Armagh |
| Metropolitan | Partly in the Republic of Ireland and partly in Northern Ireland |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,334 sq mi (3,460 km2) |
| Population - Catholics |
86,047 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | St. Macartan’s Cathedral, Monaghan |
| Patron saint | St Macartan |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Pope Benedict XVI |
| Bishop | Liam McDaid, Bishop-elect of Clogher |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady, Archbishop of Armagh |
| Emeritus Bishops | Joseph Duffy, Bishop Emeritus of Clogher |
| Map | |
.png){kind=spacer} The Diocese of Clogher, shown in pink, within the Province of Armagh |
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| Website | |
| clogherdiocese.ie | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher (Irish: Deoise Chlochair) was formed in 1111 at the Synod of Rathbreasail as the see for the Kingdom of Uí Chremthainn. The Diocese consists of County Monaghan, much of County Fermanagh with parts of Counties Tyrone, and Donegal.[1] It is part of the Archdiocese of Armagh.
The original cathedral was in the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, site of a monastery founded in 454 by St. Macartan, who was appointed bishop by St. Patrick in the 5th century. Following the Reformation, Clogher Cathedral was taken over by the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic diocese was without a permanent see until 1851 when a decision was made to move to the larger town of Monaghan 32 kilometres south east of Clogher village. The foundation stone of a new Cathedral Church of St Macartan was laid in Monaghan in 1861.[2]
Today the diocese has a membership of over 100,000 parishioners spread across 37 parishes. The current bishop-elect of the Diocese of Clogher is the Most Reverend Liam McDaid, appointed on 6 May 2010.
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[edit] Domhnach Airigid
The shrine of the diocese originally housed a copy of the Gospels and the Cross of the Clogher Dicoese. According to tradition, these were originally given to St. Macartan by St. Patrick, although the manuscript as it exists today dates from the eighth century.[3] Today these relics of ecclesiastical art are at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.
[edit] Principal Saints of the Diocese
- St Macartan of Clogher
- St Tiarnach of Clones
- St Molaise of Devenish
- St Davóg of Lough Derg
- St Davnet of Sliabh Beagh
- St Fanchea of Rossory
[edit] Parishes of the Diocese
| Number | Name | Location |
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| 1 | Pettigo | Donegal |
| 2 | Culmaine | Fermanagh |
| 3 | Dromore | Tyrone |
| 4 | Magh Ene | Donegal |
| 5 | Inis Muighe Samh | Fermanagh |
| 6 | Botha | Fermanagh |
| 7 | Devenish | Fermanagh |
| 8 | Kilskeery | Fermanagh/Tyrone |
| 9 | Donacavey | Tyrone |
| 10 | Eskra | Tyrone |
| 11 | Clogher | Tyrone |
| 12 | Aghavea-Aughintaine | Fermanagh/Tyrone |
| 13 | Pobal | Fermanagh |
| 14 | Enniskillen | Fermanagh |
| 15 | Cleenish | Fermanagh |
| 16 | Aghalurcher | Fermanagh |
| 17 | Galloon | Fermanagh |
| 18 | Clones | Fermanagh/Monaghan |
| 19 | Roslea | Fermanagh/Monaghan |
| 20 | Tydavnet | Monaghan |
| 21 | Errigal Truagh | Monaghan |
| 22 | Donagh | Monaghan |
| 23 | Tyholland | Monaghan |
| 24 | Monaghan | Monaghan |
| 25 | Kilmore & Drumsnat | Monaghan |
| 26 | Currin, Killeevan & Aghabog | Monaghan |
| 27 | Ematris | Monaghan |
| 28 | Tullycorbet | Monaghan |
| 29 | Clontibret | Monaghan |
| 30 | Aughnamullan West | Monaghan |
| 31 | Aughnamullan East | Monaghan |
| 32 | Muckno | Monaghan |
| 33 | Donaghmoyne | Monaghan |
| 34 | Inniskeen | Monaghan/Louth |
| 35 | Machaire Rois | Monaghan |
| 36 | Killanny | Monaghan/Louth |
| 37 | Magheracloone | Monaghan |
[edit] Ordinaries
The following is a basic list of the post-Reformation Roman Catholic bishops and vicars apostolic.[4]
- Raymund MacMahon (1546–1560)
- Cornelius MacArdel (1560–1592)
- (See vacant, 1592–1609)
- Eugene Matthews (1609–1611)
- (See vacant, 1611–1622)
- (Patrick Quinn, apptd. vicar ap. 1622)
- Heber MacMahon
(vicar ap. 1627–1642, and bishop 1643–1650) - (Philip Crolly, apptd. vicar ap. 1651)
- Patrick Duffy (1671–1675)
- Patrick Tyrrell (1676–1689)
- (See vacant, 1689–1707)
- Hugh MacMahon (1707–1715)
- (See vacant, 1715–1727)
- Bernard MacMahon (1727–1737)
- Ross Roe MacMahon (1738–1747)
- Daniel O’Reilly (1747–1778)
- Hugh O’Reilly (1778–1801)
- James Murphy (1801–1824)
- Edward Kernan (1824–1844)
- Charles McNally (1844–1864)
- James Donnelly (1864–1893)
- Richard Owens (1894–1909)
- Patrick McKenna (1909–1942)
- Eugene O'Callaghan (1943–1969)
- Patrick Mulligan (1969–1979)
- Joseph Duffy (1979–2010)
- Liam McDaid (2010–present)
[edit] References
- ^ St Macartan - 1500 years of faith (Diocese of Clogher)
- ^ Peter Galloway, The Cathedrals of Ireland, Belfast, 1992
- ^ Repair of the Domhnach Airgid, Heritage Council Grants Programme
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 418. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
[edit] External links
- Official website for the diocese
- Information of Monaghan County
- Catholic-Hierarchy.org - Diocese Profile
"Clogher". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
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