Irish Priests
The Catholic Church in Ireland is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, the Christian Church with full communion with the Pope, currently Benedict XVI. The Catholic Church in Ireland, with its primatial seat in Armagh, ministers to Catholics in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the Roman Curia, and the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference. 84.2% of the citizens of the Republic of Ireland and 43.8% of the estimated workforce of Northern Ireland are Catholic. By the 2011 Census there are 4,599,368 catholics in Ireland; 3,861,335(84.16%) in the Republic of Ireland, 738,033(40.76%) in the Northern Ireland.
Christianity had come to Ireland by the early 5th century, and was spread through the works of early missionaries such as Palladius, and more famously Saint Patrick.
Read more about Irish Priests: History, Popular Traditions, Organisation, Influence in The Irish Free State and Republic (1922–present), Influence in Northern Ireland
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