Archdiocese of Tuam

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Bishop(s) Francis Duffy, Archbishop Michael Neary, Archbishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Achonry Clonfert Elphin Galway and Kilmacduagh Killala

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 1150 Metropolitan See Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Ireland Square Kilometers: 5,676 (2,192 Square Miles) Description: Parts of Mayo, Galway and Roscommon Official Web Site: https://www.tuamarchdiocese.org Mailing Address: Archbishop's House, Saint Jarlath's, Tuam, Co. Galway, Ireland Telephone: (093)24.166 Fax: 28.070

Historical Details

• Diocese of Tuam
  • Latin Name: Tuamensis
  • Erected: 550
  • Country: Ireland

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Edan O’Hoisin † ( 1150 Appointed - 1161 Died)
• Catholicus O’Dubhai (Duffy), O.S.A. † ( 1161 Appointed - 1201 Died)
• Felix Ua Ruanada, O. Cist. † ( 1201 Appointed - 1235 Resigned)
• Marianus O’Loughlin, O. Cist. † ( 1235 Appointed - 24 Dec 1249 Died)
• Florence McFlynn † ( 1250 Appointed - 1256 Died)
• Walter de Salerno † ( 1257 Appointed - Apr 1258 Died)
• Thomas O’Connor † ( 1259 Appointed - Jun 1279 Died)
• Stephen of Fulburn, O.F.M. † (12 Jul 1286 Appointed - 3 Jul 1288 Died)
• William of Birmingham † (2 May 1289 Appointed - Jan 1312 Died)
• Máel Sechlainn (Malachy) Mac Áeda † (19 Dec 1312 Appointed - 10 Aug 1348 Died)
• Thomas O’Carroll † (26 Nov 1348 Appointed - 28 Feb 1364 Appointed, Archbishop of Cashel)
• John O’Grady † (20 Nov 1364 Appointed - 19 Sep 1371 Died)
• Gregory † (7 May 1372 Appointed - 1384 Died)
• William O’Cormacan † (5 May 1386 Appointed - 27 Jan 1393 Appointed, Bishop of Clonfert)
• Maurice O’Kelly † (27 Jan 1393 Appointed - 29 Sep 1409 Died)
• John Babynge, O.P. † ( 1409 Appointed - 1427 Died)
• John Nynsaldi † (7 Jun 1430 Appointed - 1437 Died)
• Thomas O’Kelly, O.P. † (15 Jul 1438 Appointed - 1441 Died)
• John Burke † (9 Oct 1441 Appointed - 1450 Died)
• Donat O’Muregeid, O.S.A. † (2 Dec 1450 Appointed - 14 Jan 1485 Died)
• William John Joyce † (16 May 1485 Appointed - 28 Dec 1501 Died)
• Peter Pinson, O.F.M. † (2 Dec 1503 Appointed - )
• Maurice O’Fihely, O.F.M. † (26 Jun 1506 Appointed - 25 Mar 1513 Died)
• Thomas O’Mullaly † (19 Jun 1514 Appointed - 28 Apr 1536 Died)
• Arthur O’Frigil (Friel) † (7 Oct 1538 Appointed - 1555 Resigned)
• Christopher Bodkin † ( 1555 Appointed - Feb 1573 Died)
• Nicholas Skerrett † (17 Oct 1580 Appointed - Feb 1583 Died)
• Miler O’Higgins † (23 Mar 1586 Appointed - 1590 Died)
• James O’Healy † (20 Mar 1591 Appointed - 25 Sep 1595 Died)
• Florence Conry, O.F.M. † (30 Mar 1609 Appointed - 16 Nov 1629 Died)
• Malachy O’Queely † (28 Jun 1630 Appointed - 26 Oct 1645 Died)
• John de Burgh † (11 Mar 1647 Appointed - 4 Apr 1667 Died)
• James Lynch † (8 Mar 1669 Appointed - 31 Oct 1713 Died)
• Francis Burke † (31 Oct 1713 Succeeded - 23 Sep 1723 Died)
• Bernard O’Gara † (23 Dec 1723 Confirmed - 20 Apr 1740 Died)
• Michael O’Gara † (19 Sep 1740 Confirmed - 12 Feb 1749 Died)
• Mark Skerret † (5 May 1749 Confirmed - 19 Aug 1785 Died)
• Philip Phillips † (22 Nov 1785 Appointed - 26 Sep 1787 Died)
• Boetius Egan † (4 Jan 1788 Appointed - 1 Jul 1798 Died)
• Edward Dillon † (19 Nov 1798 Appointed - 30 Aug 1809 Died)
• Oliver O’Kelly † (4 Oct 1814 Appointed - 18 Apr 1834 Died)
• John MacHale † (8 Aug 1834 Appointed - 7 Nov 1881 Died)
• John MacEvilly † (7 Nov 1881 Succeeded - 26 Nov 1902 Died)
• John Healy † (13 Feb 1903 Appointed - 16 Mar 1918 Died)
• Thomas Patrick Gilmartin † (10 Jul 1918 Appointed - 14 Oct 1939 Died)
• Joseph Walsh † (16 Jan 1940 Appointed - 31 Jan 1969 Retired)
• Joseph Cunnane † (31 Jan 1969 Appointed - 11 Jul 1987 Retired)
• Joseph Cassidy † (22 Aug 1987 Appointed - 28 Jun 1994 Resigned)
• Michael Neary (17 Jan 1995 Appointed - 10 Nov 2021 Retired)
• Francis Duffy (10 Nov 2021 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Tuam
550	Erected		Diocese of Tuam (erected)
Archdiocese of Tuam
1150	Elevated	Diocese of Tuam	Archdiocese of Tuam
1631	Territory Added	Diocese of Mayo (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Tuam
26 April 1831	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Tuam	Diocese of Galway (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Tuam
1950	154,000	157,000	98.1%	176	21	197	781		75	217	56	ap1951
1970	113,199	113,314	99.9%	180	20	200	565		137	535	56	ap1971
1980	114,900	117,000	98.2%	169	16	185	621		105	455	56	ap1981
1990	123,100	124,300	99.0%	160	25	185	665		68	392	56	ap1991
1999	118,974	120,124	99.0%	136	20	156	762		55	347	56	ap2000
2000	118,102	119,582	98.8%	142	18	160	738		48	320	56	ap2001
2001	118,719	120,339	98.7%	137	18	155	765		46	308	56	ap2002
2002	119,614	121,442	98.5%	138	15	153	781		38	287	56	ap2003
2003	120,602	122,043	98.8%	137	12	149	809		33	283	56	ap2004
2004	120,324	121,898	98.7%	131	10	141	853		28	272	56	ap2005
2010	121,709	124,012	98.1%	114	9	123	989		23	211	56	ap2011
2014	143,411	159,378	90.0%	103	6	109	1,315		15	187	56	ap2015
2017	130,800	134,000	97.6%	102	3	105	1,245		18	187	56	ap2018
2020	143,786	157,201	91.5%	91	5	96	1,497		18	181	56	ap2021
2022	145,312	159,995	90.8%	90	6	96	1,513	3	17	162	56	ap2023

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Séamus Cunningham
• Francis Duffy (Archbishop: 10 Nov 2021 - )
• Fintan Monahan (Deacon: 1 Apr 1990; Priest: 16 Jun 1991 to 29 Jul 2016)
• Michael Neary (Priest: 15 Jun 1971; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 May 1992; Archbishop: 17 Jan 1995 to 10 Nov 2021)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• John Babynge, O.P. † (Archbishop: 1409 to 1427)
• William of Birmingham † (Archbishop: 2 May 1289 to Jan 1312)
• Christopher Bodkin † (Archbishop: 1555 to Feb 1573)
• Michael John Browne † (Priest: 20 Jun 1920 to 6 Aug 1937)
• John de Burgh † (Archbishop: 11 Mar 1647 to 4 Apr 1667)
• Francis Burke † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 20 Sep 1713; Archbishop: 31 Oct 1713 to 23 Sep 1723)
• John Burke † (Archbishop: 9 Oct 1441 to 1450)
• Thomas Joseph Carr † (Priest: 22 May 1866 to 12 Jun 1883)
• Joseph Cassidy † (Archbishop: 22 Aug 1987 to 28 Jun 1994)
• Florence Conry, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 30 Mar 1609 to 16 Nov 1629)
• Joseph Cunnane † (Priest: 18 Jun 1939; Archbishop: 31 Jan 1969 to 11 Jul 1987)
• John Francis D’Alton †
• Edward Dillon † (Archbishop: 19 Nov 1798 to 30 Aug 1809)
• Boetius Egan † (Archbishop: 4 Jan 1788 to 1 Jul 1798)
• Richard Finn, S.M.A. †
• Stephen of Fulburn, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 12 Jul 1286 to 3 Jul 1288)
• Thomas Patrick Gilmartin † (Priest: 1884 to 18 Dec 1909; Archbishop: 10 Jul 1918 to 14 Oct 1939)
• John Healy † (Archbishop: 13 Feb 1903 to 16 Mar 1918)
• Michael Higgins † (Priest: 5 Feb 1888; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Mar 1912 to 22 Apr 1918)
• Thomas P. Hughes, S.M.A. †
• William John Joyce † (Archbishop: 16 May 1485 to 28 Dec 1501)
• Patrick Anthony Ludden †
• James Lynch † (Archbishop: 8 Mar 1669 to 31 Oct 1713)
• Michael Lynch †
• Máel Sechlainn (Malachy) Mac Áeda † (Archbishop: 19 Dec 1312 to 10 Aug 1348)
• John MacEvilly † (Priest: 25 Jul 1840 to 9 Jan 1857; Coadjutor Archbishop: 11 Jan 1878; Archbishop: 7 Nov 1881 to 26 Nov 1902)
• John MacHale † (Archbishop: 8 Aug 1834 to 7 Nov 1881)
• Francis McCormack †
• Florence McFlynn † (Archbishop: 1250 to 1256)
• John Nynsaldi † (Archbishop: 7 Jun 1430 to 1437)
• Thomas O’Carroll † (Archbishop: 26 Nov 1348 to 28 Feb 1364)
• Thomas O’Connor † (Archbishop: 1259 to Jun 1279)
• William O’Cormacan † (Archbishop: 5 May 1386 to 27 Jan 1393)
• Catholicus O’Dubhai (Duffy), O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 1161 to 1201)
• Maurice O’Fihely, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1506 to 25 Mar 1513)
• Arthur O’Frigil (Friel) † (Archbishop: 7 Oct 1538 to 1555)
• Bernard O’Gara † (Archbishop: 23 Dec 1723 to 20 Apr 1740)
• Michael O’Gara † (Archbishop: 19 Sep 1740 to 12 Feb 1749)
• John O’Grady † (Archbishop: 20 Nov 1364 to 19 Sep 1371)
• James O’Healy † (Archbishop: 20 Mar 1591 to 25 Sep 1595)
• Miler O’Higgins † (Archbishop: 23 Mar 1586 to 1590)
• Edan O’Hoisin † (Bishop: 1150; Archbishop: 1152 to 1161)
• Maurice O’Kelly † (Archbishop: 27 Jan 1393 to 29 Sep 1409)
• Oliver O’Kelly † (Archbishop: 4 Oct 1814 to 18 Apr 1834)
• Thomas O’Kelly, O.P. † (Archbishop: 15 Jul 1438 to 1441)
• Marianus O’Loughlin, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 1235 to 24 Dec 1249)
• Thomas O’Mullaly † (Archbishop: 19 Jun 1514 to 28 Apr 1536)
• Donat O’Muregeid, O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 2 Dec 1450 to 14 Jan 1485)
• Malachy O’Queely † (Archbishop: 28 Jun 1630 to 26 Oct 1645)
• Anthony O’Regan †
• Philip Phillips † (Archbishop: 22 Nov 1785 to 26 Sep 1787)
• Peter Pinson, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 2 Dec 1503)
• Walter de Salerno † (Archbishop: 1257 to Apr 1258)
• Mark Skerret † (Archbishop: 5 May 1749 to 19 Aug 1785)
• Nicholas Skerrett † (Archbishop: 17 Oct 1580 to Feb 1583)
• Felix Ua Ruanada, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 1201 to 1235)
• Joseph Walsh † (Priest: 21 Jun 1914; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1937; Archbishop: 16 Jan 1940 to 31 Jan 1969)
• Gregory † (Archbishop: 7 May 1372 to 1384)

Source(s)

Diocese of Tuam Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 231, to Page 232 Archdiocese of Tuam Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 500, and Page 501 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 257 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 320 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 348 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 393 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 420 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 380 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 570 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 378

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