• Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick

The Diocese of Limerick (Irish: Deoise Luimnigh) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in mid-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly.
The cathedral church of the diocese is St John's Cathedral in Limerick.
The incumbent bishop of the diocese is Brendan Leahy.




Geography


The diocese is divided into 60 parishes, which are spread across three counties: 57 in Limerick (18 of which are in the Limerick city area), two in Clare, and one between Limerick and Kerry.
The parishes are grouped into 16 Pastoral Units, where groups of priests are appointed to cover a number of parishes between them.
As of 2018, there were 65 priests in active ministry, 27 of whom were over the age of 65.
Aside from the cathedral city of Limerick, the main towns in the diocese are Abbeyfeale, Adare, Kilmallock, Newcastle West, and Rathkeale.




Ordinaries



The following is a list of the ten most recent bishops:

Charles Tuohy (1814–1828)
John Ryan (1828–1864)
George Butler (1864–1886)
Edward Thomas O'Dwyer (1886–1917)
Denis Hallinan (1918–1923)
David Keane (1923–1945)
Patrick O'Neill (1945–1958)
Henry Murphy (1958–1973)
Jeremiah Newman (1974–1995)
Donal Murray (1996–2009)
Sede vacante (2009–2013)
Brendan Leahy (2013–present)




See also


Catholic Church in Ireland
Church of Ireland Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe




External links


Official Diocesan website
GCatholic
Catholic Hierarchy
Catholic Encyclopedia Profile
Pastoral Unit List




References



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

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