Kildare & Leighlin Diocese

Kildare & Leighlin Diocese Kildare & Leighlin Diocese is one of the 26 Irish Roman Catholic Dioceses, it has 56 parishes divided into three deaneries. RCN 20015848
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Welcome to the FB page for the (RC) Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin This page also links you to all our new content on www.kandle.ie and www.iCatholic.ie/kandle It has an estimated Catholic population of over 200,000. Kildare and Leighlin includes virtually all of County Carlow and parts of Counties Kildare, Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow. Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin is a registered Charity.

On this Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ we come to the final excerpt from  the Irish Bishops' letter, 'Why Sunday ...
07/06/2026

On this Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ we come to the final excerpt from the Irish Bishops' letter, 'Why Sunday Matters'.

How does your participation in Sunday Mass inspire you to live out your mission as a baptised follower of Christ?

This week we are also sharing our handout from the final part of Digging Deeper - Exploring the Sunday Mass: The Concluding Rites and it's accompanying video that can be accessed here: https://theway.ie/sunday-mass-digging-deeper-ep4/

We hope you have found this series helpful in re-appreciating the centrality of Sunday and our participation at Sunday Mass in our Catholic faith.

See https://www.kandle.ie/resources/liturgy-pastoral/ for more resources on the celebration of Mass

05/06/2026
We had a wonderful series of Parish Reader formation and training - Entrusted with the Word -  across the diocese in rec...
04/06/2026

We had a wonderful series of Parish Reader formation and training - Entrusted with the Word - across the diocese in recent weeks. We're happy to share a prayer offered to participants for their use as they exercise this special ministry.

K&L Parishes are invited to book places on this training day for new and/or exisiting members of teams by email to fds@k...
03/06/2026

K&L Parishes are invited to book places on this training day for new and/or exisiting members of teams by email to [email protected]

02/06/2026

Bishop Denis extends his prayers and support to all our young students who tomorrow will begin their Leaving or Junior Cert exams.

We continue our weekly sharing of excerpts from 'Why Sunday Matters' from Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference .How does y...
31/05/2026

We continue our weekly sharing of excerpts from 'Why Sunday Matters' from Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference .

How does your presence at Mass can contribute to making the Church visible and alive?

This week we are also sharing the Kildare & Leighlin Diocese handout from Part Three of Digging Deeper - Exploring the Sunday Mass: The Liturgy of the Eucharist and it's accompanying video that can be accessed here: https://theway.ie/sunday-mass-digging-deeper-ep3/

30/05/2026

Bishop Denis inviting all in our diocese to join him for our Diocesan Knock Pilgrimage on Sunday June 7th

Knock Shrine

We continue our weekly sharing of excerpts from 'Why Sunday Matters'.What does it mean for you to have a real encounter ...
24/05/2026

We continue our weekly sharing of excerpts from 'Why Sunday Matters'.
What does it mean for you to have a real encounter with Jesus in Mass? What does it mean for you to encounter Jesus with others?

This week we are also sharing our handout from Part Two of Digging Deeper - Exploring the Sunday Mass: The Liturgy of the Word and it's accompanying video that can be accessed here: https://theway.ie/sunday-mass-digging-deeper-ep-2-4-liturgy-of-the-word/

23/05/2026

To mark the conclusion of the Confirmations in the diocese and also the great Feast of Pentecost, the birthday of the church, Bishop Denis has a special message for us all.

17/05/2026

Address

Bishop's House, Old Dublin Road
Carlow
R93F6D5

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm

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