Diocese of

Clogher

Ireland Ireland, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Clogher / Clogherien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Armagh

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Macartan of Clogher (March 24)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s House,Tigh an Easpaig, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, Ireland

Phone: (047)81.019

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.12.08 – ...):Bishop Lawrence Duffy (73)Bishop Lawrence Duffy (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Clogher (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lawrence Duffy (73)Bishop Lawrence Duffy (73)
(2018.12.08 – ...)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland)

God is love

Born:1951.11.27 (Magheracloone, Monaghan, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1976.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:2019.02.10

Priest of Clogher (Ireland) (1976.06.13 – 2018.12.08)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (2018.12.08 – ...)

Bishop Liam Seán MacDaid
(2010.05.06 – 2016.10.01)

Per Christum Dominum nostrum

Born:1945.07.19 (Bundoran, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1969.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:2010.07.25
Died:2023.08.15 (France † 78)

Priest of Clogher (Ireland) (1969.06.15 – 2010.05.06)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2002.02.27 – 2010.05.06)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (2010.05.06 – 2016.10.01)

Bishop Joseph Duffy (91)Bishop Joseph Duffy (91)
(1979.07.07 – 2010.05.06)

Bishop emeritus of Clogher (Ireland)

Ex toto corde

Born:1934.02.03 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1958.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:1979.09.02

Priest of Clogher (Ireland) (1958.06.22 – 1979.07.07)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1979.07.07 – 2010.05.06)

Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (1990 – 1993)

Bishop Patrick Mulligan
(1969.11.28 – 1979.07.07)

Born:1912.06.09
Ordained Priest:1937.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:1970.01.18
Died:1991.01.21 († 78)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1969.11.28 – 1979.07.07)

Bishop Eugene O’Callaghan
(1943.01.30 – 1969.11.28)

Ad Jesum per Mariam

Born:1888.01.07
Ordained Priest:1913.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:1943.04.04
Died:1973.05.21 († 85)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1943.01.30 – 1969.11.28)

Titular Bishop of Bretoña (1969.11.28 – 1971.01.26)

Bishop Patrick McKenna
(1909.06.01 – 1942.02.07)

Born:1868.08.09
Ordained Priest:1895.10.14
Consecrated Bishop:1909.10.10
Died:1942.02.07 († 73)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1909.06.01 – 1942.02.07)

Bishop Richard Owens
(1894 – 1909.03.03)

Born:1840.01.04
Ordained Priest:1866.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:1894.08.26
Died:1909.03.03 († 69)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1894 – 1909.03.03)

Bishop James Donnelly
(1864.12.11 – 1893.12.28)

Born:1823.01.12 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1846.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:1865.02.26
Died:1893.12.28 († 70)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1864.12.11 – 1893.12.28)

Bishop Charles McNally
(1844.02.20 – 1864.11.21)

Born:1787 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1813.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:1843.11.05
Died:1864.11.21 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Tricomia (1843.07.21 – 1844.02.20)

Coadjutor Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1843.07.21 – 1844.02.20)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1844.02.20 – 1864.11.21)

Bishop Edward Kernan
(1824.11.19 – 1844.02.20)

Born:1771 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1795
Consecrated Bishop:1818.04.12
Died:1844.02.20 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Tabraca (1816.08.18 – 1824.11.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1816.08.18 – 1824.11.19)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1824.11.19 – 1844.02.20)

Bishop James Murphy
(1801.11.03 – 1824.11.19)

Born:1744 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1768
Died:1824.11.19 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis (1798.05.08 – 1801.11.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1798.05.08 – 1801.11.03)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1801.11.03 – 1824.11.19)

Bishop Hugh O’Reilly
(1778.03.28 – 1801.09.03)

Born:1739 (Ireland)
Consecrated Bishop:1777.07.29
Died:1801.09.03 († 61)

Coadjutor Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1777.04.27 – 1778.03.28)

Titular Bishop of Curium (1777.05.16 – 1778.03.28)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1778.03.28 – 1801.09.03)

Bishop Daniel O’Reilly
(1747.09.11 – 1778.03.28)

Born:1700 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1728.06
Consecrated Bishop:1748.03.03
Died:1778.03.28 († 77)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1747.09.11 – 1778.03.28)

Bishop Ross Roe MacMahon (later Archbishop)
(1738.11.08 – 1747.08.03)

Born:1698 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1725.03.31
Died:1748.10.29 († 49)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1738.11.08 – 1747.08.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1747.08.03 – 1748.10.29)

Bishop Bernard MacMahon (later Archbishop)
(1727 – 1737.11.08)

Born:1680 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1705.03.07
Died:1747.05.27 († 66)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1727 – 1737.11.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1737.11.08 – 1747.05.27)

Bishop Hugh MacMahon (later Archbishop)
(1707.03.15 – 1715.07.08)

Born:1660
Ordained Priest:1686.03.09
Consecrated Bishop:1707.11.08
Died:1737.08.07 († 76)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1707.03.15 – 1715.07.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Kilmore (Ireland) (1711 – 1728)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1715.07.08 – 1737.08.07)

Bishop Patrick Tyrell
(1676.05.13 – 1689.01.24)

Born: (Ireland)
Consecrated Bishop:1676.06.14
Died:1692

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1676.05.13 – 1689.01.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Kilmore (Ireland) (1678 – 1689.01.24)

Bishop of Meath (Ireland) (1689.01.24 – 1692)

Bishop Patrick Duffy
(1671.05.12 – 1675.08.01)

Born: (Ireland)
Consecrated Bishop:1671.10.10
Died:1675.08.01

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1671.05.12 – 1675.08.01)

Bishop Heber MacMahon
(1643.06.27 – 1650.09.17)

Born:1600 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1625
Consecrated Bishop:1643.06
Died:1650.09.17 († 49)

Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland) (1642 – 1643.06.27)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1643.06.27 – 1650.09.17)

Bishop Eugene Matthews (later Archbishop)
(1609.08.31 – 1611.05.02)

Died:1623.09.01

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1609.08.31 – 1611.05.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1611.05.02 – 1623.09.01)

Bishop Miler Magrath, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1570 – 1571▼)

Born:1523?
Consecrated Bishop:1565.11.04
Died:1622 († 99)

Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland) (1565.10.12 – 1580.03.14)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1570 – 1571▼)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland) (1571 – 1622▼)

Bishop Cornelius MacArdel
(1560.05.29 – 1568)

Died:1568

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1560.05.29 – 1568)

Bishop Raymund MacMahon
(1546.08.27 – ?)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1546.08.27 – ?)

Bishop Hugh O’Cervallen
(1535.08.06 – 1546)

Consecrated Bishop:1537.01.22
Died:1569

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1535.08.06 – 1546)

Bishop Pádraig Ó Cuilín, O.E.S.A.
(1517.02.11 – 1534)

Died:1534

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1517.02.11 – 1534)

Bishop Eoghan Mac Cathmhaoil
(1505.04.04 – 1515)

Died:1515

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1505.04.04 – 1515)

Fr. Giolla Pádraig Ó Condálaigh
(1504.03.06 – 1504? not possessed)

Died:1504?

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1504.03.06 – 1504? not possessed)

Bishop Nehemias Ó Cluainín, O.E.S.A.
(1502.01.24 – 1503)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1502.01.24 – 1503)

Fr. Séamus mac Pilip Mac Mathghamhna (later Bishop)
(1494.11.05 – 1503.11.26 not possessed)

Died:1517.07.05

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1494.11.05 – 1503.11.26 not possessed)

Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland) (1503.11.26 – 1517.07.05)

Bishop John Edmund de Courcy, O.F.M.
(1484.06.14 – 1502)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1484.06.14 – 1502)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1492.09.26 – 1517)

Bishop Rossa mac Tomáis Óig Mág Uidhir
(1447.07.21 – 1483)

Died:1483

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1447.07.21 – 1483)

Bishop Piaras Mag Uidhir
(1433.08.31 – 1447)

Died:1450.12.05

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1433.08.31 – 1447)

Bishop Art Mac Cathmhaoil
(1390.02.15 – 1432.08.10)

Consecrated Bishop:1389
Died:1432.08.10

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1390.02.15 – 1432.08.10)

Bishop Johannes Ó Corcráin (Johannes Würzburg), O.S.B.
(1373.04.06 – 1389)

Died:1389

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1373.04.06 – 1389)

Bishop Aodh Ó hEóthaigh (Odo / Hugh Ó Neill)
(? – 1369.07.27)

Died:1369.07.27

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (? – 1369.07.27)

Bishop Matthaeus Mac Cathasaigh
(1361 – ?)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1361 – ?)

Bishop Brian Mac Cathmhaoil (Bernardus)
(1356 – 1358)

Died:1358

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1356 – 1358)

Bishop Nicolaus Mac Cathasaigh
(1320.02.23 – 1356)

Consecrated Bishop:1320
Died:1356

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1320.02.23 – 1356)

Bishop Gelasius Ó Bánáin (Cornelius)
(1316 – 1319)

Consecrated Bishop:1316
Died:1319

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1316 – 1319)

Bishop Henricus
(1310 – 1316)

Died:1316

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1310 – 1316)

Bishop Matthaeus Mac Cathasaig
(1287 – 1310)

Consecrated Bishop:1287.06.29
Died:1310

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1287 – 1310)

Bishop Michael Mac an tSáir
(1268 – 1287)

Consecrated Bishop:1268.09.09
Died:1288

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1268 – 1287)

Bishop David Ó Brácáin, O. Cist.
(1245 – 1267)

Died:1267

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1245 – 1267)

Bishop Nehemias Ó Brácáin, O. Cist.
(1227.09 – 1240)

Consecrated Bishop:1228
Died:1240

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1227.09 – 1240)

Bishop Donatus Ó Fidabra (Donat Fury / O’Feery) (later Archbishop)
(1218 – 1227)

Died:1237

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1218 – 1227)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1227 – 1237)

Bishop Gilla Tigernaig Mac Gilla Rónáin (Thomas)
(1197 – 1218)

Died:1218

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1197 – 1218)

Bishop Máel Ísu Ua Máel Chiaráin, O. Cist.
(1194 – 1197)

Died:1197

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1194 – 1197)

Bishop Gilla Críst Ua Mucaráin (Christianus)
(1187 – 1193)

Died:1193

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1187 – 1193)

Archbishop Máel Ísu Ua Cerbaill (Malachias / Maelisu O’Carroll)
(1178 – 1186)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1178 – 1186)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1184 – 1186)

Bishop Áed Ua Cáellaide (Edanus)
(1138 – 1178)

Died:1182.03.29

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1138 – 1178)

Bishop Gilla Críst Ua Morgair
(1135 – 1138)

Died:1138

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1135 – 1138)

Bishop Cináeth Ua Baígill
(? – 1135)

Died:1135

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (? – 1135)

Abbots nullius of Clogher (Roman Rite)

Saint Bishop Fedlimid of Clogher
(? – ?)

Bishop-Abbot nullius of Clogher (Ireland) (? – ?)

Bishop.

Bishop Liberio
(? – ?)

Bishop-Abbot nullius of Clogher (Ireland) (? – ?)

Saint Bishop Sinell of Clogher
(550 – ?)

Bishop-Abbot nullius of Clogher (Ireland) (550 – ?)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Tigernach of Clogher
(? – 549.04.05)

Died:549.04.05

Bishop-Abbot nullius of Clogher (Ireland) (? – 549.04.05)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Macartan of Clogher
(454? – 506.03.24)

Died:506.03.24 (Clogher, Ireland)
Canonised:1902.06.19 (equipollently)
Feast:03.24

Bishop-Abbot nullius of Clogher (Ireland) (454? – 506.03.24)

Bishop.

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (89)

Kilmore (↙), Raphoe (↖), Derry (↑), Armagh (→), Meath (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,456 km²

Population: 56,700 Catholics (49.3% of 115,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 37 parishes

Personnel: 72 priests (62 diocesan, 10 religious), 2 deacons, 89 religious (11 brothers, 78 sisters), 1 seminarian

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