Erected in A.D. 454, the Diocese of Clogher is the second oldest diocese in Ireland. Clogher is a suffragan diocese to the Archdiocese of Armagh^[1]. Located in the northern part of the country, the diocese stradles the border between the six counties of Northern Ireland and the rest of the island. The diocesan see is in Monaghan town. In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ... Motto: (Latin for Who would separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, NI Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...

About the Diocese of Clogher

The Diocese of Clogher includes County Monaghan, Most of County Fermanagh and portions of Counties Tyrone, Donegal, Louth and Cavan.

The diocese of Clogher, like all Irish dioceses, goes back to the great reforms of the twelfth century. These reforms, spearheaded by St Malachy and St Laurence O'Toole, set up the structures of the Church in Ireland as we know them today. The extent of each diocese was initially agreed by fixing a number of boundary points and was then worked out in detail. The organisation of parishes within the diocese then followed, and by the year 1300 the plan was in place.

Each diocese was given a name, nearly always from an ancient site. The nomination of Clogher, rather than Clones or Devenish, seems to stem from the connection with St patrick and the concern of the reformers to promote episcopal rather than monastic control. A ninth century life of St Patrick describes him establishing his thréanfhear (strong man) Macartan at Clogher. St Macartan duly became the patron of the new diocese, and the bishop and his cathedral chapter were expected to live at the new episcopal centre.

Key Statistics for the Diocese of Clogher

The table below contains some key statistics for the Diocese of Clogher.

Parishes of the Diocese of Clogher

The diocese consists of thirty seven parishes across five counties in Ireland. Since parish boundaries pre-date current political division, parishes often straddle administrative boundaries. The map below contains both administrative and parish boundaries.

Parishes of the Diocese of Clogher

Bishops of the Diocese of Clogher

• Cináeth Ua Baígill ( – 1135)
  
• Gilla Críst Ua Morgair (1135 – 1138)
  
• Áed Ua Cáellaide (1138 – 1178)
  
• Mael Ísu Ua Cerbaill (1178 – 1186/7)
  
• Gilla Críst Ua Mucaráin (c.1187 – 1193)
  
• Máel Ísu Ua Máel Chiaráin (1194 – 1197)
  
• Gilla Tigernaig Mac Gilla Rónáin (c.1197 – 1218)
  
• Donatus Ó Fidabra (c.1218 – c.1227)
  
• Nehemias Ó Brácáin (1227 – 1240)
  
• David Ó Brácáin (c.1245 – 1267)
  
• Michael Mac an tSáir (1268 – 1287)
  
• Matthaeus Mac Cathasaig I (1287 – 1310)
  
• Henricus (fl.1310 – c.1316)
  
• Gelasius alias Cornelius Ó Bánáin (c.1316 – 1319)
  
• Nicolaus Mac Cathasaigh (1320 – 1356)
  
• Brian Mac Cathmhaoil (1356 – 1358)
  
• Matthaeus Mac Cathasaigh II (c.1361 – )
  
• Aodh Ó hEóthaigh (alias Ó Neill) ( – 1369)
  
• Johannes Ó Corcráin (1373 – c.1389)
  
• Art Mac Cathmhaoil (1390 – 1432)
  
• Piaras Mag Uidhir (1433 – 1447)
  
• Rossa mac Tomáis Óig Mág Uidhir (1450 – 1483)
  
• Florence Woolley (1475 – 1500) Did not get possession
  
• Niall mac Séamuis Mac Mathghamhna (1484 – 1488) Bulls not expedited
  
• John Edmund de Courcy (1484 – 1494)
  
• Séamus mac Pilib Mac Mathghamhna (1494 – 1503) Did not take effect
  
• Andreas (1500 – )
  
• Nehemias Ó Cluainín (1502 – 1503)
  
• Giolla Pádraig Ó Condálaigh (1504 – 1504)
  
• Eoghan Mac Cathmhaoil (1505 – 1515)
  
• Pádraig Ó Cuilín (1517 – 1534)
  
• Hugh O’Carolan (1537 – 1569)
  
• Raymond MacMahon1 (1546 – 1560)
  
• Cornelius MacArdel1 (1560 – c.1592)
  
• Eugene Matthews (1609 – 1611)
  
• Heber MacMahon (1643 – 1650)
  
• Patrick Duffy (1671 – 1675)
  
• Patrick Tyrrell (1676 – 1689)
  
• Hugh MacMahon (1707 – 1715)
  
• Bernard MacMahon (1718 – 1737)
  
• Ross MacMahon (1738 – 1747)
  
• Daniel O’Reilly (1747 – 1778)
  
• Hugh O’Reilly (1778 – 1801)
  
• James Murphy (1801 – 1824)
  
• Edward Kernan (1824 – 1844)
  
• Charles MacNally (1844 – 1864)
  
• James Donnelly (1865 – 1893)
  
• Richard Owens (1894 – 1909)
  
• Patrick McKenna (1909 – 1942)
  
• Eugene O’Callaghan (1943 – 1969)
  
• Patrick Mulligan (1970 – 1979)
  
• Joseph Duffy (1979 – )
  

The picture above is of Dr. Joseph Duffy, the current Bishop of the Diocese. Joseph Duffy (born February 3, 1934) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher in Ireland since 1979. ...