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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
The
Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
is a
Roman Catholic
archdiocese
in mid-western
Ireland
. The archdiocese is led by the
Archbishop of Cashel and Emly
, who serves as
pastor
of the
mother church
, the
Cathedral of the Assumption
and
metropolitan
of the
ecclesiastical province
of Cashel and Emly. The Diocese of Cashel was established in 1111 by the
Synod of Rathbreasail
. The
ecclesiastical province
, which was roughly co-extensive with the secular
province
of
Munster
, was created in 1152 by the
Synod of Kells
. The
cathedral
church of the archdiocese is located in
Thurles
,
County Tipperary
.
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