Kildare & Leighlin is one of the 26 Irish Dioceses, it has 56 parishes divided into seven deaneries. It has an estimated Catholic population of nearly 250,000.
Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin
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Deaneries and Parishes
There are fifty-six parishes in the diocese, grouped into seven deaneries -
Carlow, Tullow, Borris, Portlaoise, Portarlington, Kildare, Naas
Counties in Kildare & Leighlin
K&L includes virtually all of County Carlow and parts of Counties
Kildare, Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow
Irish Church
The island of Ireland has 26 dioceses divided into 4 ecclesiastical provinces -
Armagh, Dublin, Cashel, Tuam
The Dublin Province includes
Archdiocese of Dublin, Dioceses of Kildare & Leighlin, Ossory, Ferns
