The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of

Clogher Clogher () is a village and civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, 5.8 miles from the border crossing to County Monaghan. It stands on the townlands of Clogher Demesne and ...

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retai ...

, Northern Ireland. Following the

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, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the

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and the other of the

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History

Clogher is one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the

Synod of Ráth Breasail The Synod of Ráth Breasail (also known as Rathbreasail) ( Irish: ''Sionad Ráth Bhreasail'') was an Irish Catholic church council which took place in Ireland in 1111. It marked the transition of the Irish church from a monastic to a diocesan and ...

in 1111 and consists of much of south west

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, taking in most of counties

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and

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland. It also provides the name of its civil parish and barony. The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7,678. The town is on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Lette ...

and parts of Tyrone, Cavan, Leitrim and Donegal. Frequently in the Irish annals the Bishop of Clogher was styled the ''Bishop of Oirialla''. Between c. 1140 to c. 1190, County Louth was transferred from the see of Armagh to the see of Clogher. During this period the Bishop of Clogher used the style ''Bishop of Louth''. The title ''Bishop of Clogher'' was resumed after 1193, when County Louth was restored to the see of Armagh.

Present Ordinaries

;In the Church of Ireland The present

bishop is the Right Reverend Dr. Ian W. Ellis, elected in September 2020 and consecrated in April 2021 The Church of Ireland bishop is unique in having two diocesan cathedrals within a single diocese, with one Dean and chapter between them: the Cathedral Church of Saint Macartin, Enniskillen and the Cathedral Church of Saint Macartan, Clogher. ;In the Roman Catholic Church The current

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bishop is the Most Reverend

Lawrence Duffy Lawrence (Larry) Duffy (born 27 November 1951, Magheracloone, County Monaghan) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher since 8 December 2018. Early life and priestly ministry Duffy was born in 1951 in Magheracloone, County Monaghan to Thomas an ...

who was appointed by the

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on 8 December 2018 and ordained bishop on 10 February 2019. The Roman Catholic bishop's seat ( cathedra) is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Macartan, Monaghan.

History

Present Ordinaries

Pre-Reformation bishops

Post-Reformation bishops

Church of Ireland succession

Roman Catholic succession

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