Ecclesiastical province Province of Cashel Area 3,341 km² Country Republic of Ireland | Denomination Roman Catholic Established United 19 April 1958 Metropolitan archbishop Dermot Clifford | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)240,000220,000 (91.7%) Patron saints Finbarr of Cork (Cork), Fachtna of Rosscarbery (Ross) | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross (Irish: Deoise Chorcaí agus Rosa) is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel (also known as Munster) and is subject to the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The diocese is in the secular province of Munster. The diocese was formed by an ex aequo principaliter union on 19 April 1958, between the Dioceses of Cork and Ross. The incumbent Ordinary is the Most Rev. Dr. John Buckley. The cathedral church of the diocese is Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne.
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Geography
The diocese incorporates the city of Cork and the southern and western parts of County Cork, including the towns of Bandon, Bantry, Carrigaline, Clonakilty, Kinsale and Macroom.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Cork and Cloyne
Bishops of Cork
Bishops of Cork and Ross
The bishops were also Apostolic Administrators of the Diocese of Ross 1693–1747 and 1954–1958.
Statistics and Leaders
The Diocese has been split into 16 Pastoral Areas as prompted under the 2005 document Pilgrim Steps.
It has two Vicars General. They are respectively: Monsignor Kevin O'Callaghan and Monsignor Aidan O'Driscoll.
The Diocesan Secretary and Vocations Director is Fr. Tom Deenihan.
Bishop Buckley will have to retire in November, 2014: his 75th birthday.
Religious Orders
There are several religious orders, male and female, based in the diocese, predominantly in the city area. They include:
Priests:
Brothers:
Sisters:
Parishes
Note: 1. Some parishes have now been clustered. 2. Parishes with brackets after them indicate parishes run by religious congregations.