List Of Roman Catholic Dioceses In Ireland
This is a comprehensive list of Roman Catholic dioceses in the island of Ireland. Roman Catholicism in Ireland is organised as a single Episcopal Conference encompassing both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, having been unaffected by the partition of Ireland in 1920–22. There are in total 26 dioceses in Ireland, each led by a diocesan bishop.
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