Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe


The Diocese of Raphoe is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. It is one of eight suffragan dioceses in the inter-Irish primatial ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Armagh.
On 9 June 2017, Alan McGuckian was appointed Bishop of Raphoe and was ordained to the episcopate on 5 August 2017. On 13 November 2025 he was succeeded by Niall Coll.
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History

  • Established circa 700 as Abbacy nullius of Raphoe / Rapoten
  • Promoted in 1111 as Diocese of Raphoe / Rapoten.

Statistics and geographic remit

The bishopric covers most of County Donegal apart from the Inishowen peninsula in the north of the county and Bundoran in the South. The largest towns are Ballyshannon, Donegal, Letterkenny and Stranorlar. As per 2014 it pastorally served 82,600 Catholics on 4,030 km2 in 33 parishes with 85 priests, 48 lay religious and 5 seminarians.
The bishop's residence – Ard Adomnán – is in the town of Letterkenny. It is located beside the Parochial House, near the Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba which is dedicated to the joint patrons of the diocese – Saints Eunan and Columba. The former Cathedral, once Cathedral of St Eunan, also in Raphoe, is now a Protestant church.

Episcopal ordinaries

;Abbots Nullius of Raphoe
;Suffragan Bishops of Raphoe