Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross

Diocese of Cork and Ross

Dioecesis Corcagiensis et Rossensis

Deoise Chorcaí agus Rosa
Location
CountryIreland
TerritoryCork city and part of County Cork
Ecclesiastical provinceCashel and Emly
MetropolitanCashel and Emly
Statistics
Area3,342 sq mi (8,660 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
267,000
222,670 (83.0%)
Parishes67
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin
Established1111 (as Diocese of Cork)
19 April 1958 (as Diocese of Cork and Ross)
CathedralSt Mary and St Anne, Cork
Co-cathedralSt Patrick's, Skibbereen
Patron saintCork: Finbarr
Ross: Fachtna
Secular priests107 (as of 2021)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFintan Gavin,
Bishop of Cork and Ross
Metropolitan ArchbishopKieran O'Reilly,
Archbishop of Cashel and Emly
Vicar GeneralFr. Tom Hayes
Mgr. Aidan O'Driscoll
Bishops emeritusJohn Buckley,
Bishop of Cork and Ross
Website
corkandross.org
Arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross: Argent a cross pattée gules charged with a crosier in pale, enfiled with a mitre labelled or.

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.

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.