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The Diocese of Limerick (Irish: Deoise Luimnigh) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in mid-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is St John's Cathedral in Limerick. The incumbent bishop of the diocese is Brendan Leahy.
Mark Leonard Bartchak (born January 1, 1955) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church serving as bishop of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown in Pennsylvania since 2011. Bartchak has also served on the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura , the highest court of the Vatican, since 2021 and is considered an authority on canon law.
Secondly, the Diocese of Galway was created in 1831 following the abolition of the Wardenship of Galway. James Butler 2nd, the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly (1774–91), [ 1 ] on being appointed by Rome moved his residence and cathedra from Cashel, favouring Thurles instead, where his successors continue to reign today.
Pages in category "Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Also: Ireland: People: By occupation: Roman Catholic priests. Subcategories. This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total. ...
This is a list of notable former Catholic priests. Both religious and diocesan priests, and bishops, are included. Most persons on this list can fit into one of the following categories: Left the priesthood but remained Catholic (voluntary laicization) Left the priesthood and the Catholic Church altogether (voluntary laicization)
Frederic Charles Hamilton was Archdeacon of Limerick from 1893 [1] to 1904. [2]Hamilton was born in Gloucestershire and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. [3] He was Assistant Chaplain at the Mariners' Chapel the Mariner's Church, Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire) from 1851 to 1852 after which he served two curacies in Limerick.
The diocese was established on May 30, 1901, as the Diocese of Altoona. On October 9, 1957, its name was changed to the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. The diocese also sponsors Proclaim!, a weekly Catholic news show, and a weekly live mass from St. John Gualbert Cathedral in Johnstown.