Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin

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The Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin was established in the year A.D. 519 as the Diocese of Kildare and renamed as the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin in A.D. 1678.[1] In the Church of Ireland, Kildare is part of the the Diocese of Meath and Kildare, while Leighlin is grouped with Cashel, Waterford, Lismore, Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory.


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  1. ^ Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin