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Archdiocese of Dublin

Archidioecesis Dublinensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Dermot Pius Farrell, Archbishop
  • Donal Roche, Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
  • Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Raymond W. Field, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Eamonn Oliver Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 1152
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ireland
  • Square Kilometers: 3,184 (1,229 Square Miles)
  • Description: City of Dublin, most of County Dublin, Wicklow, parts of Carlow, Kildare, Laois and Wexford
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dublindiocese.ie/
  • Mailing Address: Archbishop's House, Drumcondra, Dublin D09 H4C2, Ireland
  • Telephone: (01)837.37.32

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Dublin
633ErectedDiocese of Dublin (erected)
Archdiocese of Dublin
1152ElevatedDiocese of Dublin Archdiocese of Dublin
7 January 1977Territory AddedDiocese of Kildare and Leighlin (Greenhills, Brownstown, Logstown, Kilcullen Bridge, Carnalway, Swordlestown South, and Mullaghboy) Archdiocese of Dublin
7 January 1977Territory LostArchdiocese of Dublin (Central and western part of Naas East and the eastern part of Tipper West) Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Dublin
1950639,542709,72990.1%4455691,0146301,7783,03190ap1951
1970797,999870,54491.7%6048661,4705421,9523,857123ap1971
1980980,0001,075,00091.2%5931,1011,6945781,8812,997181ap1981
19901,105,0001,210,00091.3%6031,6592,2624882,2763,301195ap1991
19991,033,8081,164,25688.8%5509081,4587091,3962,956200ap2000
20001,033,8081,164,25688.8%5418861,4277241,3222,919200ap2001
20011,033,8081,164,25688.8%5238931,4167301,2312,876200ap2002
20021,033,8081,164,25688.8%4929131,4057351,2582,895200ap2003
20031,033,8081,164,25688.8%4978621,3597601,2222,508200ap2004
20041,087,2851,291,58184.2%4998441,3438091,2432,676200ap2005
20061,087,3611,291,59984.2%5398931,43275911,2292,662200ap2007
20131,154,2961,485,52177.7%3928001,19296891,1192,345199ap2014
20161,158,0001,440,00080.4%3627641,1261,028151,0462,148199ap2017
20191,093,0951,570,14969.6%3546861,0401,051279311,918199ap2020
20211,121,2001,642,52068.3%3186871,0051,115351,0221,739197ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Dublin
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 218, to Page 219
  • Archdiocese of Dublin
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 228, and Page 229
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 146
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 188
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 177
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 188, and Page 189
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 201, and Page 202
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 69, Page 160, and Page 161

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