Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher (Irish: Deoise Chlochair) was formed in 1111 at the Synod of Rathbreasail as the see for the Kingdom of Uí Chremthainn. The Diocese consists of County Monaghan much of County Fermanagh with parts of Counties Tyrone and Donegal. It is part of the Archdiocese of Armagh.The original cathedral was in the village of Clogher in County Tyrone site of a monastery founded in 454 by St. Macartan who was appointed bishop by St. Patrick in the 5th century.

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