Titular Episcopal See of Cluain Iraird, Ireland 🇮🇪

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Cluain Iraird (Italiano) / Clonard / Clonerden(sis) (Latin)

Location: Clonard, pr. Leinster, m. Armagh, Ireland

520: Established as Abbacy nullius of Clonard
1111: Gained territory from the suppressed Abbacy nullius of Dunshaughlin
1152: Promoted as Diocese of Clonard (gained territory from the suppressed Abbacy nullius of Trim and became suffragan of Armagh)
1160: Gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Duleek
1174: Renamed as Diocese of Clonard / Meath
1202: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Meath)
1969: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Cluain Iraird (Italiano) / Clonard / Clonerden(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop (2014.06.14 – ...):

Bishop Peter John Byrne (74)

Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

Abbots nullius of Clonard (Roman Rite)

Saint Bishop Finnian of Clonard
(? – 549.12.12)

Bishop-Abbot nullius of Clonard (Ireland) (? – 549.12.12)

Bishop.

Titular Bishop: Bishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. (72) (later Archbishop) (2007.04.30 – 2012.02.20)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Michael Francis Burbidge (68) (2002.06.21 – 2006.06.08)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Austin Bernard Vaughan (1977.05.24 – 2000.06.26)
Titular Bishop: Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I. (1970.05.21 – 1976.07.23)