Killaloe Cathedral Killaloe Cathedral The Cathedral Church of St. Flannan, Killaloe is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Killaloe, County Clare in Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Killaloe, it is now one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe. The Dean of the Cathedral is the Very Reverend Gary Paulsen who is also Dean of Killaloe, Dean of Kilfenora and both Dean and Provost of Kilmacduagh Killaloe Cathedral dates from the transition between the Romanesque and Gothic periods. The font is decorated with arabesque ornaments.
Provost (religion) Derby Cathedral, Leicester Cathedral, Newcastle Cathedral, Portsmouth Cathedral, St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, Southwark Cathedral, Southwell Minster, and Wakefield Cathedral, but all were redesignated deans in 2000. In the Scottish Episcopal Church this tradition continues. The leading priests of the cathedrals, with the exception of the Cathedral of the Isles on Cumbrae, are called provost. The usage is preserved in the title of the heads of some colleges in England formerly administered by the Church. In Germany, the heads of certain chapters under the Catholic church are still known as "Probst" or "Propst". "Propstei" or "Propstei(pfarr)gemeinde" is the honorary designation