Diocese of Cork and Ross
Diocese of Cork and Ross | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Ireland |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly |
Diocesan bishop | Fintan Gavin |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | John Buckley |
surface | 3,340 km² |
Parishes | 68 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
Residents | 240,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics | 220,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
proportion of | 91.7% |
Diocesan priest | 162 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious priest | 125 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics per priest | 767 |
Friars | 161 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious sisters | 580 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | St. Mary and St. Anne's Cathedral in Cork |
Co-cathedral | St. Patrick's Cathedral in Skibbereen |
Website | www.corkandross.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross ( ir. : Deoise Chorcaí agus Rosa , lat. : Dioecesis Corcagiensis et Rossensis ) is in Ireland situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Cork .
history
The Diocese of Cork and Ross was established as the Diocese of Cork in the 7th century . 1152 the diocese of Cork was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly as a suffragan . On April 19, 1958, the Diocese of Ross was attached to the Diocese of Cork .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Cork
- Walterius, 1327
- Dermot McGrath , 1580–…
- Peter Creagh , 1676–1693, then Archbishop of Dublin
- John Baptist Sleyne , 1693-1712
- Donough McCarthy , 1712-1726
- Batter McCarthy Rabagh , 1727-1747
- Richard Walsh , 1748-1763
- John Butler , 1763-1787
- Francis Moylan , 1787-1815
- John Murphy , 1815-1847
- William Delany , 1847-1886
- Thomas O'Callaghan OP , 1886-1916
- Daniel Cohalan , 1916-1952
- Cornelius Lucey , 1952-1958
Bishops of Cork and Ross
- Cornelius Lucey, 1958-1980
- Michael Murphy , 1980-1996
- John Buckley , 1997-2019
- Fintan Gavin , since 2019
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Augustino Morini, Peregrino Soulier: Chartae monasterii Erfordiensis Servorum Sanctae Mariae. Monumenta Ordinis Servorum Sanctae Mariae, 3: 125–210, Brussels, 1899, here p. 141.
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Cork and Ross (English)
- Entry on Diocese of Cork and Ross on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 21, 2011.