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The Diocese of Limerick (Irish: Deoise Luimnigh ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Ireland. located in the mid-west of the country. It comprises the greater part of County Limerick, part of County Clare and one townland in County Kerry. There are 60 parishes in the Diocese, 18 of which are in the Limerick city area.
[edit] Ordinaries
- Cornelius O'Dea (1400 - 1426)
- Vacant (1426 - 1759)
- Daniel O'Kearney (1759 - 1778)
- Denis Conway (1779 - 1796)
- John Young (1796 - 1813)
- 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 Brendan Murray (1996 - )
[edit] Statistics of the Diocese of Limerick
| Topic |
Data |
| Catholic Population (from recent census) |
169,500 |
| Number of parishes |
60 |
| Number of churches |
94 |
| Number of priests |
105 |
| Secondary schools |
31 |
| Students in primary school |
21,500 |
| Students in secondary school |
18,000 |
[edit] External links
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
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