The Archdiocese of Dublin ( Latin: Archidioecesis Dublinensis ) is the archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church with its center in Dublin , the capital of Ireland . The Dublin Archdiocese includes the entire county of Dublin , most of Wicklow County , a large part of Kildare County , as well as small parts of Karlow , Wexford and Laois counties. It extends to the east coast for about a hundred kilometers and about seventy kilometers inland. The Metropolitanate of Dublin includes the dioceses of Kildare and Leichlin , Ossori and Ferns .
| Archdiocese of Dublin | |
|---|---|
| Archidioecesis dublinensis | |
 Cathedral Basilica , Dublin, Ireland | |
| Main city | Dublin |
| A country | Ireland |
| Established | 1028 year |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica , Dublin , Ireland |
| Dioceses of Suffragans | Dioceses of Kildare and Leichlin , Ossori and Ferns . |
| Parishes | 200 (16 deans ) |
| Hierarch | Archbishop Diarmide Martin |
| Diocese Square | 3184 km² |
| Diocese population | 1 291 599 people |
| The number of Catholics | 1,087,361 people |
| Share of Catholics | 84.2% |
| Site | |
The residence of the archbishop is the city of Dublin, where the Pro-Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Dublin is located - the church of St. Mary .
The territory of the archdiocese covers 3184 square kilometers and is divided into 200 parishes , united in 16 deans : Blessington , Bray , Cullenswood, Donnibrook, Dun Leare , North Fingal , Southeast Fingal, Southwest Fingal, Finglas, Hauf, Maynooth , Central Dublin (North), Central Dublin (South), South Dublin , Tallah and Wicklow .
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History
Ordinaries of the Archdiocese
- Daniel Murray - (May 11, 1823 - February 26, 1852, to death);
- Cardinal Paul Cullen - (May 3, 1852 - October 24, 1878, to death);
- Cardinal Edward McCabe - (April 4, 1879 - February 11, 1885, to death);
- William Walsh - (July 3, 1885 - April 9, 1921, to death);
- Edward Joseph Byrne - (August 28, 1921 - February 9, 1940, to death);
- John Charles McQueid , CSSp. - (November 6, 1940 - December 29, 1971, retired);
- Dermot Ryan - (December 29, 1971 - September 1, 1984 - appointed pro-prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples );
- Kevin McNamara - (November 15, 1984 - April 8, 1987, to death);
- Cardinal Desmond Connell - (January 21, 1988 - April 26, 2004, retired);
- Diarmide Martin - (April 26, 2004 - present).
Sources
- John D'Alton, Memoirs of the archbishops of Dublin , Dublin 1838
- C. Mooney, v. Dublin , in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques , vol. XIV, Parigi 1960, coll. 830-936
- Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae , Leipzig 1931, vol. I , pp. 218–219; vol. II , p. 73
- Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi , vol. 1 , pp. 228–229; vol. 2 , pp. XXIII, 146; vol. 3 , p. 188; vol. 4 , p. 177; vol. 5 , pp. 188–189; vol. 6 , pp. 201–202
- Henry Cotton, The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae , Vol. 2, The Province of Leinster , Dublin, Hodges and Smith 1848, pp. 1–19