Roman Catholic Diocese of Achonry

Coordinates: 53°54′13″N 8°34′40″W / 53.9036°N 8.5779°W / 53.9036; -8.5779
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Diocese of Achonry

Dioecesis Achadensis

Deoise Achadh Conaire
Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nathy, Ballaghaderreen
Patron saintNathy
Attracta
Secular priests41 (diocesan)
1 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSede vacante
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancis Duffy,
Archbishop of Tuam
Apostolic AdministratorKevin Doran,
Bishop of Elphin
Map
Website
achonrydiocese.org

The Diocese of Achonry (

Synod of Rathbreasail, but Máel Ruanaid Ua Ruadáin signed as "bishop of Luighne" at the Synod of Kells.[2]

At present there are twenty-three parishes in the diocese, located in Counties Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. There are twenty-six priests involved in full-time parish ministry and four involved in secondary education.

On 27 January 2020 Pope Francis appointed Paul Dempsey — parish priest of Newbridge — as the new Bishop of Achonry.[3] He received episcopal ordination in the diocesan cathedral, which is dedicated to The Annunciation and St. Nathy, in Ballaghaderreen, on 30 August 2020.[4]

Geography

The diocese covers parts of counties Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. The largest towns are Charlestown, Kiltimagh and Swinford.

Ordinaries

Main article: Bishop of Achonry

List of bishops since the Reformation:[2][5]

  • Thomas O'Fihely (1547–1555)
  • Cormac O'Coyn (1556–1561)
  • Eugene O'Hart (1562–1603)
  • See vacant (1603–1629)
  • Andrew Lynch (Vicar Apostolic, appointed 1629)
  • James Fallon (Vicar Apostolic 1631–1662)
  • Maurice Durcan (Vicar Apostolic, appointed 1677)
  • Hugh MacDermot (Vicar Apostolic 1684–1707, Bishop 1707–1725)
  • Dominic O’Daly (1725–1735)
  • John O'Hart (1735–1739)
  • Walter Blake (1739–1758)
  • Patrick Robert Kirwan (1758–1776)
  • Philip Phillips (1776–1785)
  • Boetius Egan (1785–1787)
  • Thomas O'Connor (1788–1803)
  • Charles Lynagh (1803–1808)
  • John O'Flynn (1809–1817)[6]
  • Patrick MacNicholas (1818–1852)[7]
  • Patrick Durcan (1852–1875)
  • Francis McCormack (1875–1887; coadjutor bishop 1871–1875)
  • John Lyster (1888–1911)
  • Patrick Morrisroe (1911–1946)[8]
  • James Fergus (1947–1976)
  • Thomas Flynn
    (1976–2007)
  • Brendan Kelly (2007–2017)
  • Paul Dempsey (2020–2024)

See also

References

  1. ^ Diocese of Achonry. Retrieved on 14 January 2009.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0521563505
    .
  3. ^ "Kildare priest appointed new Catholic bishop in west of Ireland". The Irish Times.
  4. ^ "Bishop Paul Dempsey".
  5. ^ "Diocese of Achonry". Catholic-Hierarchy. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  6. Columba Press
    (1998).
  7. Columba Press
    (1999).
  8. Columba Press
    (2015).

External links

Attribution

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

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