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United Dioceses of Meath and Kildare

Dioecesis Unitae Midensis et Kildarensis

Deoisí Aontaithe na Mí agus Chill Dara
Bishop of Meath and Kildare
Website
www.meathandkildare.org
Wall hanging depicting the parishes of the United Dioceses

The United Dioceses of Meath and Kildare is a

The Most Reverend
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The electoral college met in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin on 28 May 2013 and no candidate put forward received the support of two-thirds of the electoral college voting in orders (lay and clergy). On 20 September 2013, it was announced that the House of Bishops (to whom the appointment had lapsed on the failure of the college's vote) had appointed as bishop-elect Pat Storey, who became the first woman to be a bishop in the Church of Ireland.[2][3]

History of the Diocese of Meath

Although there had been abbot-bishops at

Kingdom of Meath with the bishop's seat located at Clonard Abbey. During the twelfth century, the bishops of Clonard acquired most of Meath as their territory and frequently used the title "Bishop of Meath" or "Bishop of the men of Meath". After Bishop Simon Rochfort transferred his seat from Clonard to Trim
in 1202, the normal style became the "Bishop of Meath".

History of the Diocese of Kildare

In the 5th century, the

Synod of Rathbreasail (1111 AD).[5] The diocese covered roughly the northern part of County Kildare and the eastern part of County Offaly
.

Diocesan structure

In Meath

The cathedral church of the former diocese is Trim Cathedral. There are ten parishes in this part of the United Dioceses: Athboy, Athlone, Castlepollard (Rathgraffe), Clara, Julianstown, Kells, Mullingar, Navan, Trim, and Tullamore (Kilbride). The dean is the Dean of Clonmacnoise.

In Kildare

The cathedral church of the former diocese is Kildare Cathedral. There are six parishes in this part of the United Dioceses: Clane, Clonsast (Clonbullogue), Mountmellick, Naas, Newbridge (Morristownbiller), and Portarlington St Paul (French Church).[6] The dean is the Dean of Kildare.

List of bishops of Meath and Kildare

For earlier bishops, see Bishop of Meath and Bishop of Kildare.
Bishops of Meath and Kildare
From Until Incumbent Notes
1976 1985 Donald Caird Translated from Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe; elected 9 September and confirmed 14 September 1976; translated to Dublin in 1985.
1985 1996 Walton Empey Translated from Limerick and Killaloe in 1985; subsequently translated to Dublin in 1996.
1996 2012 Richard Clarke Elected and consecrated in 1996;[7][8] translated to Armagh 15 December 2012.
2013 Pat Storey Appointment by the House of Bishops announced 20 September 2013;[3] consecrated in Dublin 30 November 2013.[9]
Source(s):[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ History: Bishops of Kildare and Bishops of Meath Archived 2007-07-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 16 June 2009
  2. ^ "Church of Ireland fails to elect bishop". RTÉ News. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Bishop Clarke". Diocese of Meath and Kildare. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  4. ISBN 0-19-821745-5
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  5. ISBN 0-521-56350-X
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  6. ^ Parishes in the Diocese of Meath & Kildare. Church of Ireland. Retrieved on 16 June 2009.
  7. ^ Meath & Kildare. Church of Ireland. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  8. ^ Essays on post-Catholic Ireland and the Christian future, Richard Clarke at columba.ie
  9. ^ "Irish Anglicans install Rev Pat Storey as bishop". BBC News. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  10. ^ E. B. Fryde et al., Handbook of British Chronology (Cambridge University Press, 1996), p. 403.
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