Diocese of

Cork and Ross

Ireland Ireland

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Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cork and Ross (English) / Chorcaรญ agus Rosa (Gaeilge) / Corcagien(sis) et Rossen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cashel and Emly

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Notes: United รฆque principaliter with Ross 1650โ€“1747.12.10, 1958.04.19โ€“

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Finbarr of Cork (September 25) [Cork], Saint Fachtna of Ross (August 14) [Ross]

Liturgical Calendar (National) ๐Ÿ“…

History

Contact Info

Address: Diocesan Office, Redemption Rd., Cork, Ireland, Ireland

Phone: (021)430.17.17

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.04.08 โ€“ ...):Bishop Fintan Gavin (58)Bishop Fintan Gavin (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cork and Ross (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fintan Gavin (58)Bishop Fintan Gavin (58)
(2019.04.08 โ€“ ...)

Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland)

Born:1966.01.01 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1991.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:2019.06.30

Priest of Dublin (Ireland) (1991.06.07 โ€“ 2019.04.08)

Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland) (2019.04.08 โ€“ ...)

Bishop John Buckley (84)Bishop John Buckley (84)
(1997.12.19 โ€“ 2019.04.08)

Bishop emeritus of Cork and Ross (Ireland)

Through Mary to Jesus

Born:1939.11.02 (Inchigeela, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1965.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:1984.04.29

Priest of Cork and Ross (Ireland) (1965.06.20 โ€“ 1984.03.16)

Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna (1984.03.16 โ€“ 1997.12.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland) (1984.03.16 โ€“ 1997.12.19)

Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland) (1997.12.19 โ€“ 2019.04.08)

Bishop Michael Murphy
(1980.08.23 โ€“ 1996.10.07)

Born:1924.02.18 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1949.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:1976.05.23
Died:1996.10.07 (โ€  72)

Titular Bishop of Sila (1976.04.01 โ€“ 1980.08.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland) (1976.04.01 โ€“ 1980.08.23)

Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland) (1980.08.23 โ€“ 1996.10.07)

Bishop Cornelius Lucey
(1958.04.19 โ€“ 1980.08.23)

Born:1902.07.15
Ordained Priest:1927.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:1951.01.14
Died:1982.09.24 (โ€  80)

Titular Bishop of Sila (1950.11.14 โ€“ 1952.08.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1950.11.14 โ€“ 1952.08.24)

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1952.08.24 โ€“ 1958.04.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Ross (Ireland) (1954 โ€“ 1958.04.19)

Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland) (1958.04.19 โ€“ 1980.08.23)

Bishops of Cork (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cornelius Lucey
(1952.08.24 โ€“ 1958.04.19)

(see above)

Bishop Daniel Cohalan
(1916.08.29 โ€“ 1952.08.24)

Born:1858.07.14
Ordained Priest:1882.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1914.06.07
Died:1952.08.24 (โ€  94)

Titular Bishop of Vaga (1914.05.25 โ€“ 1916.08.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1914.05.25 โ€“ 1916.08.29)

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1916.08.29 โ€“ 1952.08.24)

Bishop Thomas Oโ€™Callaghan, O.P.
(1886.12.03 โ€“ 1916.06.14)

Born:1839.05.09
Ordained Priest:1863.07
Consecrated Bishop:1884.06.29
Died:1916.06.14 (โ€  77)

Titular Bishop of Lambaisis (1884.06.29 โ€“ 1886.12.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1884.06.29 โ€“ 1886.12.03)

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1886.12.03 โ€“ 1916.06.14)

Bishop William Delany
(1847.07.09 โ€“ 1886.11.14)

Born:1804.12.25 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1828.01.08
Consecrated Bishop:1847.08.15
Died:1886.11.14 (โ€  81)

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1847.07.09 โ€“ 1886.11.14)

Bishop John Murphy
(1815.02.21 โ€“ 1847.04.01)

Born:1772.05.23 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1796.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:1815.04.23
Died:1847.04.01 (โ€  74)

Titular Bishop of Ionopolis (1815.02.21 โ€“ 1815.02.21 not possessed)

Coadjutor Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1815.02.21 โ€“ 1815.02.21)

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1815.02.21 โ€“ 1847.04.01)

Bishop Francis Moylan
(1787.06.03 โ€“ 1815.02.10)

Born:1735.09.17 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1761.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1775
Died:1815.02.10 (โ€  79)

Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (Ireland) (1775.05.08 โ€“ 1787.06.03)

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1787.06.03 โ€“ 1815.02.10)

Bishop John Butler
(1763.04.16 โ€“ 1787.06.03)

Born: (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1755.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1763.06
Died:1800.05.05

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1763.04.16 โ€“ 1787.06.03)

Bishop Richard Walsh
(1748 โ€“ 1763.01.17)

Born:1697 (Ireland)
Died:1763.01.17 (โ€  65)

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1748 โ€“ 1763.01.17)

Bishops of Cork and Cloyne (Roman Rite)

Bishop Teige McCarthy Rabagh
(1727.04.07 โ€“ 1747.08.20)

Born:1664 (Ireland)
Consecrated Bishop:1727.07
Died:1747.08.20 (โ€  82)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1727.04.07 โ€“ 1747.08.20)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1727.04.07 โ€“ 1747.08.20)

Bishop-elect Donagh MacCarthy
(1712.07.16 โ€“ ?)

Born:1654
Ordained Priest:1674
Consecrated Bishop:1713.08.27

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1712.07.16 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1712.07.16 โ€“ ?)

Bishop John Baptist Sleyne
(1693.04.13 โ€“ 1712.01.22)

Born:1639 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1663.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:1693.04.18
Died:1712.02.16 (โ€  72)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1693.04.13 โ€“ 1712.01.22)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1693.04.13 โ€“ 1712.01.22)

Archbishop Peter Creagh
(1676.05.13 โ€“ 1693.03.09)

Born:1642.06.29 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1666.02.07
Consecrated Bishop:1676.05.26
Died:1705.07.20 (โ€  63)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1676.05.13 โ€“ 1693.03.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) ([1692.09.02] 1693.03.09 โ€“ 1705.07.20)

Bishop Robert Barry
(1647.04.08 โ€“ 1662.07.06)

Consecrated Bishop:1648.04.05
Died:1662.07.06

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1647.04.08 โ€“ 1662.07.06)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1650 โ€“ 1662.07.06)

Bishop William Tirry
(1622.01.24 โ€“ 1646.03.18)

Consecrated Bishop:1623.04.02
Died:1646.03.18

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1622.01.24 โ€“ 1646.03.18)

Bishop Dermot McCraghe
(1580.10.12 โ€“ 1603?)

Consecrated Bishop:1580.12
Died:1603?

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1580.10.12 โ€“ 1603?)

Bishop Edmund Tanner, S.J.
(1574.11.05 โ€“ 1579.06.04)

Born:1526
Consecrated Bishop:1575.02.06
Died:1579.06.04 (โ€  52)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1574.11.05 โ€“ 1579.06.04)

Bishop Nicholas Landes
(1568.02.27 โ€“ 1574)

Died:1574

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1568.02.27 โ€“ 1574)

Bishop Dominic Tirrey
(1556.11.27 โ€“ 1557.08)

Consecrated Bishop:1536.09
Died:1557.08

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1536 โ€“ 1556.11.27โ–ผ)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1556.11.27 โ€“ 1557.08)

Bishop John Oโ€™Heyne
(1540.11.05 โ€“ 1556)

Died:1556

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1540.11.05 โ€“ 1556)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Elphin (Ireland) (1545 โ€“ 1556)

Bishop Dominic Tirrey
(1536 โ€“ 1556.11.27โ–ผ)

Consecrated Bishop:1536.09
Died:1557.08

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1536 โ€“ 1556.11.27โ–ผ)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1556.11.27 โ€“ 1557.08)

Bishop John Bennet
(1523.01.28 โ€“ 1536)

Died:1536

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1523.01.28 โ€“ 1536)

Bishop John fitzEdmund FitzGerald
(1499.06.26 โ€“ 1520)

Died:1520

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1499.06.26 โ€“ 1520)

Fr. Patrick Cant, O. Cist.
(1499.02.15 โ€“ 1499.06.26 not possessed)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1499.02.15 โ€“ 1499.06.26 not possessed)

Blessed Bishop Thaddeus McCarthy
(1490.04.21 โ€“ 1492.10.25)

Born:1455 (Innishannon, Ireland)
Died:1492.10.25 (Ivrea, Italy โ€  36)
Beatified:1895.08.16 (equipollently)
Feast:10.25

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1482 โ€“ 1490.04.21)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1490.04.21 โ€“ 1492.10.25)

Bishop.

Bishop William Roche
(1472.10.26 โ€“ 1490)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1472.10.26 โ€“ 1490)

Bishop Gerald FitzGerald
(1463 โ€“ 1477)

Died:1477

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1463 โ€“ 1477)

Bishop Jordan Purcell
(1432.01.06 โ€“ 1469)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) ([1429.06.15] 1432.01.06 โ€“ 1469)

Bishops of Cork (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Paston, O.S.B.
(1425.05.23 โ€“ 1425 not possessed)

Died:1459

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1425.05.23 โ€“ 1425 not possessed)

Bishop Milo FitzJohn
(1418.01.11 โ€“ 1429)

Died:1431.06

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1409.07 โ€“ 1418.01.11 not possessed)

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1418.01.11 โ€“ 1429)

Bishop Patrick Foxe
(1409.10.14 โ€“ 1417.12.15โ–ผ)

Died:1421.04.20

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1409.10.14 โ€“ 1417.12.15โ–ผ)

Bishop of Ossory (Ireland) (1417.12.15 โ€“ 1421.04.20)

Fr. Milo FitzJohn (later Bishop)
(1409.07 โ€“ 1418.01.11 not possessed)

Died:1431.06

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1409.07 โ€“ 1418.01.11 not possessed)

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1418.01.11 โ€“ 1429)

Bishop Richard Kynmoure
(1406.10.06 โ€“ 1409)

Died:1409

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1406.10.06 โ€“ 1409)

Bishop Roger Ellesmere
(1395.12.03 โ€“ 1406)

Died:1406

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1395.12.03 โ€“ 1406)

Bishop Gerald de Barri
(1359 โ€“ 1393.01.04)

Died:1393.01.04

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1359 โ€“ 1393.01.04)

Bishop John Roche
(1347 โ€“ 1358.07.04)

Consecrated Bishop:1347.12
Died:1358.07.04

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1347 โ€“ 1358.07.04)

Bishop John of Ballyconingham
(1329 โ€“ 1347.05.29)

Died:1347.05.29

Bishop of Down (Northern Ireland) (1328.08.04 โ€“ 1329 not possessed)

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1329 โ€“ 1347.05.29)

Bishop Walter le Rede (later Archbishop)
(1327.03.20 โ€“ 1329.10.20)

Consecrated Bishop:1327
Died:1331.06.17

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1327.03.20 โ€“ 1329.10.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland) (1329.10.20 โ€“ 1331.06.17)

Bishop Philip of Slane, O.P.
(1321.02.20 โ€“ 1327)

Died:1327

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1321.02.20 โ€“ 1327)

Bishop Seoรกn Mac Cearbaill Elect (John MacCarwill / Oโ€™Carroll) (later Archbishop)
(1302.04.30 โ€“ 1321.02.20)

Died:1329.07.27

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1302.04.30 โ€“ 1321.02.20)

Bishop of Meath (Ireland) (1321.02.20 โ€“ 1327.01.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland) (1327.01.19 โ€“ 1329.07.27)

Bishop Robert Mac Donnchada, O. Cist.
(1277 โ€“ 1302.03.06)

Died:1302.03.06

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1277 โ€“ 1302.03.06)

Bishop Reginaldus
(1267 โ€“ 1276.12.16)

Died:1276.12.16

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1267 โ€“ 1276.12.16)

Bishop William of Jerpoint, O. Cist.
(1265 โ€“ 1267)

Died:1267

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1265 โ€“ 1267)

Bishop Laurentius
(1248 โ€“ 1265)

Died:1265

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1248 โ€“ 1265)

Bishop Gilbertus
(1225 โ€“ 1237?)

Died:1237?

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1225 โ€“ 1237?)

Bishop Mairรญn ร“ Briain (Marinus) (later Archbishop)
(1208 โ€“ 1224.06.20)

Died:1238

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1208 โ€“ 1224.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland) (1224.06.20 โ€“ 1237.06.06)

Bishop Murchad Ua h-รedha
(1192? โ€“ 1206)

Died:1206

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1192? โ€“ 1206)

Bishop Aicher
(1187 โ€“ 1188)

Died:1188

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1187 โ€“ 1188)

Bishop Reginaldus
(1182 โ€“ 1187)

Died:1187

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1182 โ€“ 1187)

Bishop Gregorius Ua h-Aedha
(1173? โ€“ 1182)

Died:1182

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1173? โ€“ 1182)

Bishop Gilla รedha Ua Maigรญn
(1148 โ€“ 1172)

Died:1172

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1148 โ€“ 1172)

Abbot Ua Menngorรกin
(? โ€“ 1147)

Died:1147

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (? โ€“ 1147)

Abbots nullius of Cork (Roman Rite)

Saint Bishop Finbarr of Cork
(600? โ€“ 623.09.25)

Born:550 (Templemartin, Ireland)
Died:623.09.25 (Cork, Ireland โ€  72)
Canonised:1902.06.19 (equipollently)
Feast:09.25

Bishop-Abbot nullius of Cork (Ireland) (600? โ€“ 623.09.25)

Bishop.

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (124)

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Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,655 kmยฒ

Population: 224,000 Catholics (81.8% of 274,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes

Personnel: 102 priests (diocesan), 3 deacons, 57 religious (8 brothers, 49 sisters)

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