Diocese of Waterford and Lismore (Roman Catholic)

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The Diocese of Waterford and Lismore is a Roman Catholic diocese in Ireland. It is situated in the southeast of the country. The diocese includes Waterford City & County as well as part of Counties Tipperary & Cork. There are a total of 45 parishes in the diocese with an estimated Catholic population of 44,000.

[edit] List of Bishops of Waterford and Lismore (since 1363)^[1]

Thomas le Reve 1363-1393 Robert Read 1394-1396 Thomas Sparkford 1396-1397 John Deping 1397-1400 Thomas Snell 1400-1405 Roger Appleby 1405-1409 John Geese 1409–1414 and 1422-1425 Thomas Colby 1414-1422 Richard Cantwell 1426-1446 Robert Poer 1446-1471 Richard Martin 1472-1474 John Bulcomb 1475–1479 Nicol O hAoncghusa 1480-1481 Thomas Purcell 1486-1517 Nicholas Comyn 1519-1547 John MacGrath 1548-1551 Patrick Walsh 1551–1578 Patrick Comerford 1628–1652 John Brennan 1671–1693 Richard Piers 1696-1739

Sylvester Louis Lloyd 1739-1747 (Thomas Stritch 1743–1745 coadj.) Peter Creagh 1750-1774 William Egan 1774-1796 Thomas Hussey 1797–1803 John Power 1804–1816 Patrick Kelly 1822–1829 William Abraham 1829–1837 Nicholas Foran 1837–1855 Dominic O’Brien 1855–1873 John Power 1873–1887 Piers Power 1887–1889 John Egan 1889–1891 Richard A. Sheehan 1891-1915 Bernard Hackett 1916–1932 Jeremiah Kinane 1932–1943 Daniel Cohalan 1943–1965 Michael Russell 1965–1993 William Lee 1993-

[edit] References

1. ^ Bishops of Waterford and Lismore 1363 A.D to present. The Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. Retrieved on February 8, 2007.

[edit] External links

• Official Diocesan website
• [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/wate0.htm Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
• [http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/w/waterford_and_linsmore,diocese_of.html Profile Catholic Encyclopedia

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.