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The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin. It is located on Temple Street in Sligo, Ireland. The cathedral was developed by Bishop Laurence Gillooly who had been appointed Bishop of Elphin in 1858. He decided that the diocese was now of a size and wealth that the time had come to ...
Informational sign. St John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo or more properly the Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist, Sligo but also known as Sligo Cathedral is one of two cathedral churches in the diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh (the other is St Fethlimidh's Cathedral, Kilmore) in the Church of Ireland.
Following the English Reformation of the 16th century, the cathedral and many monasteries and convents were destroyed. It wasn't until 1874 that the then bishop, Laurence Gillooly, decided to rebuild the cathedral, this time in Sligo town. This cathedral was dedicated to The Immaculate Conception. Just under 20 years later, in 1892, Bishop ...
Church of Ireland parish church, wrecked by storm damage in the 1950s, now ruined; diocese amalgamated with Sligo 53°50′43″N 8°11′26″W / 53.8452283°N 8.1905464°W / 53.8452283; -8.1905464 ( Elphin Cathedral
Sligo is the diocesan seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin. It is in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. County Sligo is one of the counties that make up the province of Connacht. The county is part of the Border Region due to the fact that part of North Sligo is relatively close to 'the Border'.
Sligo Cathedral may refer to: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo , one of the Roman Catholic cathedrals in Ireland. St John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo , one of the Church of Ireland cathedrals.
Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland: Territory: Most of County Cavan, parts of counties Leitrim, Fermanagh, Meath and Sligo: Ecclesiastical province: Province of Armagh: Metropolitan: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh: Statistics; Area: 850 sq mi (2,200 km 2) Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2019) 77,863 69,483 (89.2%) Parishes: 35 ...
The diocese is entirely within the Republic of Ireland and contains most of counties Longford and Leitrim, with parts of counties Cavan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath. The main towns in the diocese are Athlone , Ballymahon , Carrick-on-Shannon , Edgeworthstown , Granard and Longford .