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of arms</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Ecclesiastical province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Dublin_(Church_of_Ireland)" title="Province of Dublin (Church of Ireland)">Dublin and Cashel</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cathedral</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Trim_Cathedral" title="Trim Cathedral">Trim Cathedral</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Kildare_Cathedral" title="Kildare Cathedral">Kildare Cathedral</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Current leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bishop</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Storey" title="Pat Storey">Pat Storey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Meath_and_Kildare" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Meath and Kildare">Bishop of Meath and Kildare</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.meathandkildare.org/">www.meathandkildare.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kildare_diocese.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kildare_diocese.jpg/220px-Kildare_diocese.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kildare_diocese.jpg/330px-Kildare_diocese.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kildare_diocese.jpg/440px-Kildare_diocese.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>Wall hanging depicting the parishes of the United Dioceses</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>United Dioceses of Meath and Kildare</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocese</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ireland" title="Church of Ireland">Church of Ireland</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>. The diocese is in the <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">ecclesiastical province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Dublin_(Church_of_Ireland)" title="Province of Dublin (Church of Ireland)">Dublin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alone of English and Irish bishops who are not also archbishops, the Bishop of Meath and Kildare is styled "<a href="/wiki/Most_Reverend" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Reverend">The Most Reverend</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The electoral college met in <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Dublin" title="Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin">Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin</a> on 28 May 2013 and no candidate put forward received the support of two-thirds of the electoral college voting in orders (lay and clergy). On 20 September 2013, it was announced that the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Bishops" title="House of Bishops">House of Bishops</a> (to whom the appointment had lapsed on the failure of the college's vote) had appointed as bishop-elect <a href="/wiki/Pat_Storey" title="Pat Storey">Pat Storey</a>, who became the first woman to be a bishop in the Church of Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-storey_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-storey-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_the_Diocese_of_Meath">History of the Diocese of Meath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Meath_and_Kildare&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History of the Diocese of Meath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although there had been abbot-bishops at <a href="/wiki/Clonard_Abbey" title="Clonard Abbey">Clonard Abbey</a> since the sixth century, the Diocese of Clonard proper was not formally established until 1111. It was one of the twenty-four dioceses established by the <a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Rathbreasail" class="mw-redirect" title="Synod of Rathbreasail">Synod of Rathbreasail</a>. The diocese covered roughly the western part of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mide" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Mide">Kingdom of Meath</a> with the bishop's seat located at <a href="/wiki/Clonard_Abbey" title="Clonard Abbey">Clonard Abbey</a>. During the twelfth century, the bishops of Clonard acquired most of Meath as their territory and frequently used the title "Bishop of Meath" or "Bishop of the men of Meath". After Bishop <a href="/wiki/Simon_Rochfort" title="Simon Rochfort">Simon Rochfort</a> transferred his seat from Clonard to <a href="/wiki/Trim,_County_Meath" title="Trim, County Meath">Trim</a> in 1202, the normal style became the "Bishop of Meath". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_the_Diocese_of_Kildare">History of the Diocese of Kildare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Meath_and_Kildare&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History of the Diocese of Kildare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 5th century, the <a href="/wiki/Kildare_Abbey" title="Kildare Abbey">Abbey of Kildare</a> was founded by <a href="/wiki/Brigid_of_Kildare" title="Brigid of Kildare">Saint Brigid</a>, a double monastery of nuns and monks. The abbey was governed by an abbess, who was the "heir of Brigit" (<i><a href="/wiki/Coarb" title="Coarb">comarbae</a> Brigte</i>), and by abbots, bishops and abbot-bishops who were subordinate to the abbess.<sup id="cite_ref-moodykildare_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moodykildare-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was not until the 12th century however, that the bishopric was formally established at the <a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Rathbreasail" class="mw-redirect" title="Synod of Rathbreasail">Synod of Rathbreasail</a> (1111 AD).<sup id="cite_ref-3rdhandbook_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3rdhandbook-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The diocese covered roughly the northern part of <a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">County Kildare</a> and the eastern part of <a href="/wiki/County_Offaly" title="County Offaly">County Offaly</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diocesan_structure">Diocesan structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Meath_and_Kildare&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Diocesan structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Meath">In Meath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Meath_and_Kildare&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In Meath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cathedral church of the former diocese is <a href="/wiki/Trim_Cathedral" title="Trim Cathedral">Trim Cathedral</a>. There are ten parishes in this part of the United Dioceses: <a href="/wiki/Athboy" title="Athboy">Athboy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Athlone" title="Athlone">Athlone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castlepollard" title="Castlepollard">Castlepollard</a> (Rathgraffe), Clara, <a href="/wiki/Julianstown" title="Julianstown">Julianstown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kells,_County_Meath" title="Kells, County Meath">Kells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mullingar" title="Mullingar">Mullingar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navan" title="Navan">Navan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trim,_County_Meath" title="Trim, County Meath">Trim</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tullamore" title="Tullamore">Tullamore</a> (Kilbride). The dean is the <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_Clonmacnoise" title="Dean of Clonmacnoise">Dean of Clonmacnoise</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Kildare">In Kildare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Meath_and_Kildare&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In Kildare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cathedral church of the former diocese is <a href="/wiki/Kildare_Cathedral" title="Kildare Cathedral">Kildare Cathedral</a>. There are six parishes in this part of the United Dioceses: <a href="/wiki/Clane" title="Clane">Clane</a>, Clonsast (<a href="/wiki/Clonbullogue" title="Clonbullogue">Clonbullogue</a>), <a href="/wiki/Mountmellick" title="Mountmellick">Mountmellick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naas" title="Naas">Naas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newbridge,_County_Kildare" title="Newbridge, County Kildare">Newbridge</a> (Morristownbiller), and <a href="/wiki/Portarlington,_County_Laois" title="Portarlington, County Laois">Portarlington</a> St Paul (French Church).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dean is the <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_Kildare" title="Dean of Kildare">Dean of Kildare</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_bishops_of_Meath_and_Kildare">List of bishops of Meath and Kildare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Meath_and_Kildare&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: List of bishops of Meath and Kildare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For earlier bishops, see <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Meath" title="Bishop of Meath">Bishop of Meath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Kildare" title="Bishop of Kildare">Bishop of Kildare</a>.</div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background:#7f1734; color:white;">Bishops of Meath and Kildare </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#d4b1bb; width:10%;">From </th> <th style="background:#d4b1bb; width:10%;">Until </th> <th style="background:#d4b1bb; width:30%;">Incumbent </th> <th style="background:#d4b1bb; width:45%;">Notes </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; background:white;"> <td align="center">1976 </td> <td align="center">1985 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Donald_Caird" title="Donald Caird">Donald Caird</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Translation_(ecclesiastical)" title="Translation (ecclesiastical)">Translated</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Limerick,_Ardfert_and_Aghadoe" title="Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe">Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe</a>; elected 9 September and confirmed 14 September 1976; translated to <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Dublin_(Church_of_Ireland)" title="Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland)">Dublin</a> in 1985. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; background:#f7f0f2;"> <td align="center">1985 </td> <td align="center">1996 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Walton_Empey" title="Walton Empey">Walton Empey</a></b> </td> <td>Translated from <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Limerick_and_Killaloe" title="Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe">Limerick and Killaloe</a> in 1985; subsequently translated to <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Dublin_(Church_of_Ireland)" title="Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland)">Dublin</a> in 1996. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; background:white;"> <td align="center">1996 </td> <td align="center">2012 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_Clarke_(bishop)" title="Richard Clarke (bishop)">Richard Clarke</a></b> </td> <td>Elected and consecrated in 1996;<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> translated to <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Armagh" title="Archbishop of Armagh">Armagh</a> 15 December 2012. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; background:#f7f0f2;"> <td align="center">2013 </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pat_Storey" title="Pat Storey">Pat Storey</a></b> </td> <td>Appointment by the House of Bishops announced 20 September 2013;<sup id="cite_ref-storey_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-storey-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> consecrated in Dublin 30 November 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; background:white;"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="4">Source(s):<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Meath_and_Kildare&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Anglican_dioceses_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland" title="List of Anglican dioceses in the United Kingdom and Ireland">List of Anglican dioceses in the United Kingdom and Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Meath" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath">Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Kildare_and_Leighlin" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin">Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Meath_and_Kildare&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://meath.anglican.org/history.htm">History: Bishops of Kildare and Bishops of Meath</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070702040239/http://meath.anglican.org/history.htm">Archived</a> 2007-07-02 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Retrieved on 16 June 2009</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHealy1908" class="citation book cs1">Healy, John (1908). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ia903404.us.archive.org/19/items/historyofdiocese02healiala/historyofdiocese02healiala.pdf"><i>History of the Diocese of Meath</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Vol. 2. Dublin. pp. 232–233. <q>The following statement, drawn up in 1876 by <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Burke" title="Bernard Burke">Sir J. Bernard Burke</a>, Ulster King at Arms, will show the historical grounds on which the claim of Meath rested: Anciently Meath was one of the five provinces, and the seat of the chief monarch of Ireland. In 1152, <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Paparoni" title="Giovanni Paparoni">Cardinal Paparo</a>, Legate <i>a latere</i>, brought over four palliums, and assigned one to each of the four bishops, Armagh, Dublin, Cashel, and Tuam, erecting those Sees into archbishoprics. As some consolation to Meath, and in recognition of the former royal eminence of that province, the Bishop of Meath was styled Most Reverend, and given the first place among bishops <i>primus inter pares</i>. 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