Diocese of Ferns
Fernen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ferns, Ireland
The Diocese of Ferns is a Latin Rite diocese covering almost all of County Wexford and part of County Wicklow, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Its cathedral is St Aidan's Cathedral in Enniscorthy, and Bishop Gerard Nash was ordained the diocese's bishop in September 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 598
- Latin
- Fernen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Aidan (Maedoc) of Ferns
- Annuario code
- 001001411
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 100,679
- Population
- 126,277
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 79.7%
- Priests
- 89
- Catholics per priest
- 1,131
- Extent
- 2,999 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 34
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
- Gerard Nash
- Born
- 27 February 1959
- Birthplace
- Tulla
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
St Aidan's Cathedral, Enniscorthy stands in Ferns, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Dublin
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dublin.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DublinDublin
- Diocese of Kildare and LeighlinCarlow
- Diocese of OssoryOssory
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.