Diocese of Ossory Dioecesis Ossoriensis Deoise Osraí | |
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 St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny, the episcopal seat of the bishops of Ossory | |
| Location | |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Territory | Most of County Kilkenny and parts of counties Laois and Offaly |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Dublin |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Dublin |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 761 sq mi (1,970 km2) |
| Population - Catholics | 84,244 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Latin Church |
| Established | Diocese in 1111 |
| Cathedral | St Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny |
| Patron saint | St Kieran |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Niall Coll Bishop of Ossory |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Dermot Farrell Archbishop of Dublin |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| ossory.ie | |
The Diocese of Ossory (Latin: Dioecesis Ossoriensis; Irish: Deoise Osraí) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in eastern Ireland. It is one of three suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin.[1][2] Currently, it is led by Niall Coll who was appointed on 28 October 2022 and will be ordained bishop on 22 January 2023.
The Cathedral church is St. Mary of the Assumption, in Kilkenny.
- ^ Diocese of Ossory. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ Archdiocese of Dublin. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 26 April 2010.