Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore

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The Diocese of Waterford and Lismore (Irish: Deoise Phort Láirge agus an Lios Mór ) 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] Ordinaries [1]

  • Thomas le Reve (1363 - 1393)
  • Robert Reed (1394 - 1396)
  • Thomas Sparkford (1396 - 1397)
  • John Deping (1397 - 1400)
  • Thomas Snell (1400 - 1405)
  • Roger Appleby 1405 - 1409)
  • John Geese (1409 – 1414)
  • Thomas Colby (1414 - 1422)
  • John Geese (1422 - 1426)
  • 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)
  • Vacant (1579 - 1627)
  • Patrick Comerford (1628 – 1652)
  • Vacant (1653 - 1670)
  • John Brennan (1671 – 1693)
  • Richard Piers (1696 - 1739)
  • Sylvester Louis Lloyd (1739 - 1747)
  • Peter Creagh (1750 - 1774)
  • William Egan (1774 - 1796
  • Thomas Hussey (1797 – 1803)
  • John Power (1804 – 1816)
  • Vacant (1817 - 1821)
  • 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 2007-02-08.

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

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