Diocese of Kerry Dioecesis Kerriensis Deoise Chiarraí | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Territory | Most of County Kerry and part of County Cork |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cashel and Emly |
| Metropolitan | Cashel and Emly |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,047 sq mi (5,300 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 153,100 146,790 (95.9%) |
| Parishes | 53 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin |
| Established | 12th century (as Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe) 20 December 1952 (as Diocese of Kerry) |
| Cathedral | St Mary's, Killarney |
| Patron saint | Brendan |
| Secular priests | 54 (as of 2018) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Raymond Browne, Bishop of Kerry |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Kieran O'Reilly, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly |
| Vicar General | Fr. Seán Hanafin |
| Bishops emeritus | William Murphy, Bishop of Kerry |
| Website | |
| dioceseofkerry.ie | |
The Diocese of Kerry (Irish: Deoise Chiarraí) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in south-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly.
The cathedral church of the diocese is St Mary's Cathedral in Killarney, County Kerry.
The incumbent bishop of the diocese is Raymond Browne.