Diocese

The DIOCESE section contains some basic information about our diocese, including listings of our priests and religious and a brief history (more to be added).

Click on link for (larger) Kildare & Leighlin Map (PDF)

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

Dublin Province

The Dublin Province includes

Archdiocese of Dublin
Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin
Diocese of Ossory
Diocese of Ferns

The Archbishop of Dublin is its metropolitan.