The Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert or the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe ( ; ''Full title'': Bishop of

Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...

Ardfert Ardfert () is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only from Tralee. The population of the village was 749 at the 2 ...

Aghadoe Aghadoe ( Irish: ''Achadh an Dá Eó'') is a large townland overlooking the town and lakes of Killarney in Ireland. Officially it is also a parish, although the parish is larger than the area normally associated with the name. The area is famous ...

, Killaloe,

Kilfenora Kilfenora ( ga, Cill Fhionnúrach , meaning 'Church of the Fertile Hillside' or 'Church of the White Brow') is a village and a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated south of the karst limestone region known as the Burren. ...

Clonfert Clonfert () is a small village in east County Galway, Ireland, halfway between Ballinasloe and Portumna. The village gives its name to the Diocese of Clonfert. Clonfert Cathedral is one of the eight cathedral churches of the Church of Ireland, ...

Kilmacduagh Kilmacduagh () is a small village in south County Galway, near Gort, in Ireland. It is the site of Kilmacduagh monastery, seat of the Diocese of that name. The diocese is now part of the Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh in the Roman Cathol ...

and

Emly Emly or Emlybeg () is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Clanwilliam. It is also an Ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. It is situated on the R5 ...

) is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united

Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe The Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe (''Full title'': The United Dioceses of Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly) was a former diocese of the Church of Ireland that was located in mid-western Irel ...

in the Province of Dublin. As of January 2022, the position was vacant, but due to be taken up by Michael Burrows.

Cathedrals

The united bishopric has three cathedrals: *

St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick Saint Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Limerick, Ireland, which is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Limeric ...

* St Flannan's Cathedral, KillaloeSt Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe
Retrieved on 9 January 2009. * St Brendan's Cathedral, ClonfertThe Cathedral Churches of Limerick and Killaloe
Retrieved on 9 January 2009. Five others are in ruins or no longer exist: * St Brendan's Cathedral, Ardfert was destroyed by fire in 1641 *St Alibeus' Cathedral,

was demolished in 1877 *

Kilmacduagh cathedral Kilmacduagh () is a small village in south County Galway, near Gort, in Ireland. It is the site of Kilmacduagh monastery, seat of the Diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdict ...

, which is partly in ruins *

Aghadoe Cathedral Aghadoe Cathedral was a church that may have been the seat of a bishop at Aghadoe, Ireland (later joined with the Bishopric of Ardfert). The now ruined cathedral overlooks the Lakes of Killarney from Aghadoe, a few miles from Killarney. Aghadoe ...

, which is partly in ruins *

Kilfenora Cathedral Kilfenora ( ga, Cill Fhionnúrach , meaning 'Church of the Fertile Hillside' or 'Church of the White Brow') is a village and a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated south of the karst limestone region known as the Burren. Sin ...

, which is partly in ruins, dates from the 12th century.

Archdeacons

For administrative purposes the diocese is divided into two Archdeaconries: Wayne Carney is the Archdeacon of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh; and

Simon Lumby Simon Lumby is an Anglican priest: he has been Archdeacon of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe since 2016. Lumby was born in 1956 and educated at Hull University, The Open University and St John's College, Nottingham. He was ordained in 2004. ...

is the Archdeacon of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe.

List of bishops

Episcopal combination history

References

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