Pope Francis on Friday named a bishop to lead two Irish Catholic dioceses. The pope appointed Bishop Michael Duignan on Feb. 11 to oversee the Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, in addition ...

Two Catholic dioceses in Ireland will soon be under the leadership of one bishop, a representative of Pope Francis has told local Irish bishops. In a joint statement, Bishop Brendan Kelly of Galway, ...

The Galway Diocese has not yet decided if the remains of disgraced Irish Bishop Eamonn Casey will be removed from the crypt of Galway Cathedral, where he was laid to rest in 2017. Casey resigned as ...

According to Papal Dictate dating back as far as 1883 the pope is nominally the Bishop of Kilfenora, in County Clare. Along with attempting to mend a fragile Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis I is ...

At only 51 years of age, Bishop Duignan could be a candidate to be the leader of the two dioceses. The Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St. Nicholas, Galway, Ireland. (photo: Wikimedia / ...