Clonfert Cathedral

Clonfert Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of St Brendan, Clonfert.
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53°14′26″N 8°03′31″W / 53.240651°N 8.058621°W / 53.240651; -8.058621
Country	Ireland
Denomination	Church of Ireland
Previous denomination	Catholic Church
History
Dedication	St Brendan
Architecture
Style	Romanesque, Gothic
Administration
Province	Province of Dublin
Diocese	Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Kenneth Kearon
Dean	The Very Reverend Roderick Lindsay Smyth
Precentor	The Reverend Canon Patrick Comerford
Archdeacon	The Venerable Terence Mitchell

Clonfert Cathedral is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Clonfert, County Galway in Ireland. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Clonfert and then one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe, it is now one of five cathedrals in the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe.

The current building was erected in the 12th century in the Hiberno-Romanesque style^[1] The site is had a earlier 6th century church founded by Saint Brendan, which was associated with a monastery he founded and at which he was buried. The dean of the cathedral is the Very Reverend Roderick Lindsay Smyth who is also Dean of Killaloe, Dean of Kilfenora and both Dean and Provost of Kilmacduagh.