Irish archbishops in Rome to discuss diocesan mergers
February 27, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: The four Catholic archbishops of Ireland have been called to Rome for talks with the Dicastery for Bishops about plans to merge Ireland’s dioceses.
Ireland, with a population of about 5.3 million people, has an unusually large number of ecclesiastical jurisdictions: 26 dioceses and archdioceses. (In comparison Massachusetts, with a population of over 7 million and until recently a Catholic majority, has four dioceses.) The Vatican has been pressing the Irish hierarchy to consolidate, prompting some resistance from the Irish bishops.
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