Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora

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DIOCESE OF GALWAY, KILMACDUAGH AND KILFENORA (Dioecesis Galviensis, Duacensis et Finaborensi)

Country : Ireland
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1883 from the Diocese of Galway and the Diocese of Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora

Arms (crest) of Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora

Official blazon

The diocese uses three different shields:

  • (Galway) :Gules a crozier in aple or debruised in fess with an open book argent bound or.
  • (Kilmacduagh) : Azure, a bishop in benediction in full pontificals proper, between in chief two mullets or and in base the facade of a church with two cupolas or.
  • (Kilfenora) : Argent, a rose gules, a chief sable three mullets or.

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