The Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin is the

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of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, one of the suffragan dioceses of the

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. The

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title takes its name from the towns of Kildare and Old Leighlin in the province of Leinster, Ireland. The

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in the town of

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where the bishop's seat (

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) is located at the Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Between 1678 and 1694, the

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also administered the See of Leighlin. By the decree of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, the union of the sees of Kildare and Leighlin was approved by Pope Innocent XII on 29 November 1694., ''Maps, Genealogies, Lists'', p. 374. However, the first three bishops of the united see continued to each receive a separate appointment as apostolic administrators of Leighlin. The current bishop is the Most Reverend Denis Nulty who was appointed by Pope Francis on 7 May 2013 and received episcopal ordination at the Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Carlow on 4 August 2013 from the Most Reverend

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, Archbishop of Dublin.

List of Bishops of Kildare and Leighlin

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* * * {{Catholic Church in Ireland Kildare and Leighlin Religion in County Kildare Religion in County Carlow Roman Catholic bishops of Kildare and Leighlin Bishops of Kildare or Ferns or Leighlin or of Ossory