Diocese of Cork and Ross
Corcagien(sis) et Rossen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cork and Ross, Ireland
The Diocese of Cork and Ross is a Latin Rite diocese covering Cork city and part of County Cork, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. Formed in its current configuration in 1958, it is led by Bishop Fintan Gavin, who was ordained bishop in 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1111
- Latin
- Corcagien(sis) et Rossen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Finbarr
- Annuario code
- 001001213
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 222,670
- Population
- 267,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.4%
- Priests
- 107
- Catholics per priest
- 2,081
- Extent
- 3,342 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 67
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Fintan Gavin
- Born
- 1 January 1966
- Birthplace
- Dublin
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne, Cork stands in Cork and Ross, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St Patrick's Cathedral, Skibbereen.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cashel
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CloyneCloyne
- Diocese of KerryKerry
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.