Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin

The Archdiocese of Dublin ( ir: Ard Bhaile Átha Cliath - Deoise, Latin: Archidioecesis Dublinensis ) is the largest diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, based in Dublin.

In the year 633 the bishopric was founded by Pope Honorius I. and in 1152 by Pope Eugene III. raised to an archbishopric.

Its territory includes the former County Dublin, almost all of County Wicklow, a large part of County Kildare and parts of counties Carlow, Wexford and Laois. The bishoprics of Ferns, Kildare and Leighlin and Ossory are assigned as suffragan sees.

Episcopal Church

The Dublin cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church is called the " Pro- Cathedral" called - This is to express that the Catholics to be the Christ Church Cathedral (also: The Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity - Cathedral of the Holy Trinity ) as their " See actual " bishop's church. She was since the Middle Ages, the Church of the Archbishops of Dublin, until she fell in the 16th century under Henry VIII as all church property to the Anglican Church of Ireland. The Pro -Cathedral was built 1814-1825 in neo-classical style and is one of the largest churches of Ireland