Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore

Diocese of Waterford and Lismore Dioecesis Vaterfordiensis et Lismoriensis Deoise Phort Láirge agus Lios Mór
The Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford
Location
Country	Republic of Ireland
Territory	Waterford city and County Waterford along with parts of counties Tipperary and Cork
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Cashel
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
Statistics
Area	981 sq mi (2,540 km^2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 152,136 144,027 (94.7%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	United 16 June 1363
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford
Patron saint	Otteran, Carthage and Declan
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Alphonsus Cullinan
Metropolitan Archbishop	Kieran O'Reilly, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly
Vicar General	Archdeacon: Nicholas O’Mahony
Map
Website
https://waterfordlismore.ie/

The Diocese of Waterford and Lismore (Irish: Deoise Phort Láirge agus Leasa Móire ) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel (also known as Munster) and is subject to the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly.[1] Alphonsus Cullinan was installed Bishop of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore on 12 April 2015. The Bishop Emeritus is William Lee.

Parishes

The geographic remit of the diocese includes Waterford city and the county of Waterford as well as part of counties Tipperary and Cork. As well as Waterford city, the diocese contains the towns of Cahir, Carrick-on-Suir, Dungarvan and Tramore. There are 45 parishes in the diocese with an estimated Catholic population of 44,000.

Diocese	Town / County	Parishes or Group Parishes
Waterford and Lismore	Waterford city	Ballybricken (Trinity Without) Holy Family Sacred Heart St John’s St Joseph & St Benildus & St Mary’s St Paul’s St Saviour’s Trinity Within and St Patricks Kilbarry
	Waterford County	Abbeyside, Ballinroad and Garranbane Aglish, Ballinameela and Mount Stuart Ardmore & Grange Ballyduff Upper Butlerstown Cappoquin Clashmore Dungarvan Dunhill Kilgobinet Killea (Dunmore East) Kilrossanty (Kilmacthomas) Knockanore (Tallow) Lismore Modeligo and Affane Newtown (Kilmacthomas) Portlaw Ring & Old Parish Stradbally Ballylaneen & Faha Tallow Tramore & Carbally Touraneena & The Nire Rathgormack and Clonea Carrickbeg & Windgap.
	County Tipperary	Ardfinnan (Clonmel) Ballylooby Ballyneale (Carrick-on-Suir) Ballyporeen Cahir Kilsheelan & Kilcash SS Peter & Paul (Clonmel) St. Mary's (Clonmel) St Oliver Plunkett (Clonmel) Powerstown & Lisronagh Carrick-on-Suir & Faugheen Clogheen Newcastle & Fourmilewater.

Ordinaries

Further information: Bishop of Waterford and Lismore

See also

• Catholic Church in Ireland
• Barony of Iffa and Offa East

References

1. Diocese of Waterford and Lismore Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 3 June 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, GCatholic
• Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, from the Catholic Encyclopedia, The Mary Foundation

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