Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross
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The Diocese of Cork and Ross (Irish: Deoise Chorcaí agus Rosa) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly.
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Diocese of Cork and Ross Dioecesis Corcagiensis et Rossensis Deoise Chorcaí agus Rosa | |
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Location | |
Country | Ireland |
Territory | Cork city and part of County Cork |
Ecclesiastical province | Cashel and Emly |
Metropolitan | Cashel and Emly |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,342 sq mi (8,660 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 267,000 222,670 (83.0%) |
Parishes | 67 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin |
Established | 1111 (as Diocese of Cork) 19 April 1958 (as Diocese of Cork and Ross) |
Cathedral | St Mary and St Anne, Cork |
Co-cathedral | St Patrick's, Skibbereen |
Patron saint | Cork: Finbarr Ross: Fachtna |
Secular priests | 107 (as of 2021) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Fintan Gavin, Bishop of Cork and Ross |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Kieran O'Reilly, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly |
Vicar General | Fr. Tom Hayes Mgr. Aidan O'Driscoll |
Bishops emeritus | John Buckley, Bishop of Cork and Ross |
Website | |
corkandross.org |
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The cathedral church of the diocese is Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne in Cork city.
The incumbent bishop of the diocese is Fintan Gavin.