In 2022, a survey from the Irish organization Association of Catholic Priests found that 2,116 priests serve the nation’s 26 dioceses, which consists of more than 2,650 churches or “Mass ...

Rev Dr Eugene Duffy is vicar for pastoral renewal and development in Achonry diocese. His book The Restructuring of Irish Dioceses will be launched in St Nathy’s College, Ballaghaderreen, next ...

So, looking at the map of Irish Catholic dioceses, why not amalgamate Dromore with Armagh archdiocese, bringing its total of parishes to 84? Catholic bishops at Maynooth in 2000, ...

At only 51 years of age, Bishop Duignan could be a candidate to be the leader of the two dioceses. The Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St. Nicholas, Galway, Ireland. (photo ...

CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2023 / 13:30 pm. More than 40 laymen and laywomen in the Diocese of Clogher in the north of Ireland will soon begin presiding over funeral liturgies amid a shortage of priests.