Diocese of Kerry
Kerrien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kerry, Ireland
The Diocese of Kerry, originally the Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe and renamed in 1952, is a Latin Rite diocese covering County Kerry and part of County Cork, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. Its cathedral is St Mary's Cathedral in Killarney, and it has been led by Bishop Raymond Browne since 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1117
- Latin
- Kerrien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Brendan the Navigator
- Annuario code
- 001001837
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 146,790
- Population
- 153,100
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.9%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 2,718
- Extent
- 5,302 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 28
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
- Raymond Browne
- Born
- 23 January 1957
- Birthplace
- Athlone
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 Mary's Cathedral, Killarney stands in Kerry, 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 Cashel
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CloyneCloyne
- Diocese of Cork and RossCork and Ross
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.