Back Bistum Kildare und Leighlin German Diócesis de Kildare y Leighlin Spanish Diocèse de Kildare et Leighlin French Deoise Chill Dara agus Leithghlinne Irish Katolička biskupija Kildare i Leighlin Croatian Keuskupan Kildare dan Leighlin ID Diocesi di Kildare e Leighlin Italian Kabiskopan Kildare lan Leighlin JV Bisdom Kildare en Leighlin Dutch Diecezja Kildare-Leighlin Polish
Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin Dioecesis Kildarensis et Leighlinensis Deoise Chill Dara agus Leithghlinne | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Territory | County Carlow, parts of counties Kildare, Laois, Offaly, Kilkenny, Wicklow and Wexford |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Dublin |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Dublin |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,608 sq mi (4,160 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 286,360 262,250 (91.6%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | United 29 November 1694 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow |
| Patron saint | Kildare: St Brigid and St Conleth Leighlin: St Lazerian |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Denis Nulty Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Dermot Pius Farrell, Archbishop of Dublin |
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| Website | |
| kandle.ie | |
The Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin (/ˈlɔːxlɪn/; Latin: Dioecesis Kildarensis et Leighlinensis; Irish: Deoise Chill Dara agus Leithghlinn) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in eastern Ireland. It is one of three suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin and is subject to the Archdiocese of Dublin.[1][2][3] On 7 May 2013, Denis Nulty was appointed bishop of the diocese.
- ^ Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ Archdiocese of Dublin. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ Kildare and Leighlin - Catholic Encyclopedia article