Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry

An engraving of St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam, as rebuilt in the 1870s and completed in 1878.

The Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry (also known as the United Dioceses of Tuam, Killala and Achonry) is a diocese in the Church of Ireland located in Connacht; the western province of Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. Its geographical remit includes County Mayo and part of counties Galway and Sligo.

History

On 13 April 1834, the diocese of Killala and Achonry was united to the Archdiocese of Tuam. On the death of Archbishop Trench of Tuam in 1839, the Province of Tuam was united to the Province of Armagh and the see ceased to be an archbishopric and became a bishopric with Thomas Plunket becoming the first bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry.^[1]

Cathedrals

Diocese Highlighted

The bishop has two episcopal seats (Cathedra):

St. Mary's Cathedral, Tuam
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Killala.^[2]

St. Crumnathy's Cathedral, Achonry was deconsecrated in 1998 and is now used for ecumenical events.^[3]

Parishes

The present diocese is divided into unions (or groups) of parishes.^[4]

Achonry Union:

St. George's Church, Tubbercurry
Rathbarron Church

Aughaval Group:

Holy Trinity Church, Achill Sound
Christ Church, Castlebar
St. Thomas' Church, Dugort
St. Thomas' Church, Knappagh
Turlough Church
Holy Trinity Church, Westport

Ballisodare Union:

Holy Trinity Church, Ballisodare
St. Paul's Church, Colloney
Ballymote, Emlaghfad

Galway & Kilcummin:

St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway
Kilcummin Church, Oughterard

Killala Union:

St. John's Church, Ballycastle
St. Mary's Church, Crossmolina
St. Patricks Cathedral, Killala

Kilmoremoy Union:

St. Michael's, Ballina
Killanley Church, Castleconnor
St. Anne's Easkey
Straid Church, Foxford
Kilglass Church

Omey Union:

Christ Church, Clifden
Holy Trinity Church, Errislannan
St. Thomas' Church, Moyard
St. Mary's Church, Roundstone

Skreen Union:

Christ Church, Dromard
St. Mary's Church, Kilmacshalgan
Skreen Church

Tuam Union:

St. John the Baptist's Church, Aasleagh
St. Mary's Church, Cong
St. Mary's Cathedral, Tuam

List of bishops

Hon. Thomas Plunket (1839–1866)
Hon. Charles Brodrick Bernard (1867–1890)
James O'Sullivan (1890–1913)
Hon. Benjamin John Plunket (1913–1919)
Arthur Edwin Ross (1920–1923)
John Orr (1923–1927)
John Mason Harden (1928–1931)

William Hardy Holmes (1932–1938)
John Winthrop Crozier (1939–1957)
Arthur Hamilton Butler (1958–1969)
John Coote Duggan (1970–1985)
John Robert Winder Neill (1986–1997)
Richard Crosbie Aitken Henderson (1998–2011)
Patrick William Rooke (2011–present) ^[5]

References

↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 407. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
↑ "The Cathedral Churches of Tuam, Killala and Achonry". Church of Ireland. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
↑ "Ecumenical Carol Service in St Crumnathy's Cathedral, Achonry". Church of Ireland. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
↑ The United Dioceses of Tuam, Killala and Achonry
↑ http://www.stpatricks-cathedral.org/2011/04/14/bishops-appoint-the-very-revd-patrick-rooke-as-new-bishop-of-tuam-killala-achonry/

External links

Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings

Church of Ireland dioceses
Province of Armagh	Armagh Clogher Connor Derry and Raphoe Down and Dromore Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh Tuam, Killala and Achonry
Province of Dublin	Cashel and Ossory Cork, Cloyne and Ross Dublin and Glendalough Limerick and Killaloe Meath and Kildare

Office holders in the Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry
The Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry The Dean of Tuam The Dean of Killala The Dean of Achonry The Provost of Tuam The Archdeacon of Tuam The Archdeacon of Killala The Archdeacon of Achonry

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