Diocese of Cloyne
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The Diocese of Cloyne is located in the County of Cork in the South of Ireland. It has its beginnings in the monastic settlement of Saint Colman at Cloyne in East Cork. A round tower and pre-reformation cathedral still stand at this site.
Colman, son of Lenin, lived from 522 to 604 A.D. He had been a poet and bard at the court of Caomh, King of Munster at Cashel. It was St. Brendan of Clonfert that induced Colman to become Christian. He embraced his new faith eagerly and studied at the monastery of St. Jarleth in Tuam. He later preached in East Cork and established his own monastic settlement at Cloyne about 560 A.D. His Feast Day is celebrated on November 24.
Cloyne was later to become the center of an extensive diocese in Munster. For eight centuries it was the residence of the Bishops of Cloyne and the setting for the Cathedral.
The troubled history of Ireland from the Norman to the Penal Times was reflected in the affairs of the Church. The Dioceses of Cloyne and Cork were united from 1429 to 1747. From 1747 to 1850 the Diocese of Cloyne and Ross were united. Since 1769 the Bishops of Cloyne, with the exception of Dr. Murphy, resided at Cobh (formerly Queenstown) on the north side of Cork Harbour. When the Diocese of Cloyne and Ross were separated in 1850 Bishop William Keane planned a cathedral for Cobh to replace the inadequate parish Church of the time. Cobh Cathedral was begun in 1868.
The years 1857 to 1867 were spent in planning the new project. The architects E.W. Pugin & George Ashlin were chosen for the Cathedral and the result was one of the finest gems of neo-gothic architecture in Ireland. The building was completed in 1915. The Diocese today, under the pastoral care of Bishop John Magee, stretches over most of the county of Cork, with the exception of the city and West Cork. Its 46 parishes run from Mitchelstown in the north-east to Rockchapel in the north-west, from Macroom in the south-west to Youghal in the south-east. The population is over 120,000 people.
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[edit] Ordinaries of Diocese of Cloyne
- St. Colman died 600 560-604
- Eochaid, Abbot of Cloyne, died c. 697
- Cucaech, Abbot of Cloyne, died 821
- Robertus Bonus died 835
- Maelcoba oa Faelan, Abbot of Cloyne, died 859
- Neill m. Donngaile, Abbot of Cloyne, died 871
- Reachtaedh - 884
- Fergal mac Finachta, Bishop and Abbot of Cloyne, died 885
- Diaghre O Dubarton - 1056
- Mac Gelain died 1060
- O’Currain - 1075
- Hua Carrain, died 1092
- O Mulvaen - 1094
- Moel Muad mc. meic Clothnai, Abbot of Cloyne, died 1095
- Uamhnachan Ua Meictire died 1099 (Unnaghau Ui Mighten - 1099)
- The See was suppressed between 1111 - c.1130
- Nehemiah O Muireartagh - 1144 (aka Giolla na Naomh Ua Muircheartaigh,
- monk of the Schottenkloster in Regensburg, died 1149),
- Bishop Ua Dubcroin, Abbot of Cloyne died 1159
- Dondchad Ua Cineada died 1162
- Diarmaid Ua Laighnen died 1162
- Bishop Ua Flandachan died 1167
- Mathew O’Moncach 1171- 1192
- Laurence (Lawrence O’Sullivan 1192-1204) 1204 died 1216
- Daniel 1216-1222
- Florentius 24 August 1224
- Patricius, O. Cist. 1226 resigned 27 April 1235
- Daniel (David) Mac Kelley, O.P., appointed October 1237, transferred to Cashel 1238
- Alanus O'Sullivan, O.P., appointed 1240, transferred to Lismore 26
- October 1246, died 1252/3
- Daniel, O.F.M., appointed 12 October 1247, died 1264
- Reginaldus, appointed 13 April 1265, died 1273
- Alanus O'Lonergan, O.F.M., appointed 1274, died 1283
- Nicholas of Effingham, appointed 2 September 1284, died 1320
- Maurice O'Sullivan, appointed 2 October 1321, died 1334
- John de Cumba 1334-36
- Lewis 1336-37
- John Bird 1337-51
- John Wittock, appointed 8 June 1351, died 7 February 1361
- John of Swafham, O. Carm., 1 March 1376, transferred to Bangor 2 July 1376, died 24 June 1398
- Richard Wye, O. Carm., appointed 2 July 1376, removed to Dromore 1406, transferred to Sodor 30 May 1410, died 1421/22
- Geraldus Caneton, O.S.A., appointed 16 March 1394, died 1412/13
- Adam de Payn, O.S.A., appointed 26 July 1413, died 1429
- Cormac
- John O'Daly, O.F.M., appointed 18 September 1444,
- Robert
- Jordan Purcell, appointed 1429- 1467
- William, O. Can. St. Aug., appointed 14 July 1458,
- Gerald Fitzgerald appointed 2 April 1463, (aka Gerald de Geraldinis)
- William Roche, 26 October 1472, resigned, died-1490
- James, appointed 1480, died 1486,
- John, appointed 1486,
- Walter Blach, appointed 26 March 1487,
- BLESSED Thaddeus McCarthy, 21 April 1490, died in Ivrea 23 October 1492, cult confirmed by Pope Leo XIII 1893,
- Patrick Cantum, O.Cist, Abbot of Castrodei (Fermoy), 15 February 1499,
- John Edmund Fitzgerald, appointed 26 June 1499, died c.1521, (Fitzdesmond) 1499 -1520
- John Bennet, appointed 28 January 1523, died c. 1536
- Dominic Terry 1536-40
- Ludovicus Macnamara, O.F.M., appointed 24 September 1540, died in the Roman Curia,
- John O Heyden, priest of Elphin, appointed 5 November 1540, (John O Heyden) 1540-45
- Nicolaus Laudis, 27 February 1568, died c. 1573 (Landes)
- Edmond Tanner, appointed 5 November 1574, died 4 June 1579,
- Dermot Mac Creagh, priest of Lismore, 12 October 1580, died c. 1600
- The See was vacant from c. 1600-1622.
- [James Meade (or Miaghe) designated Vicar Apostolic 3 September 1614]
- [Robert Meade or (Miaghe) designated Vicar Apostolic 13 July 1621, died in Naples]
- William Terry, 24 January 1622, consecrated by the Apostolic Nuncio in
- Brusselles 4 April 1623, died 1645
- Robert Barry, appointed 8 April 1647, lived in exile in France, died 1662,
- The See was vacant from 1647-1676 and ruled by Vicars Apostolic
- Bishop Peter Creagh † ( 1676 Appointed - 9 March 1693 Appointed, Archbishop of Dublin)
- Bishop John Baptist Sleyne (1693 Appointed – 16 February 1712 died in Lisbon)
- Bishop Donatus McCarthy (1712 Appointed – 1726 died)
- Bishop Thaddeus McCarthy (7 April 1727 – 1747 died)
- Bishop John O’Brien (1747 – 1769 died in Lyons)
- Bishop Mathew McKenna † ( 1769 Appointed - 4 June 1791 Died)
- Bishop William Coppinger (1791- died 11 August 1830)
- Bishop Michael Collins (1830-1832 died)
- Bishop Bartholomew Crotty (1833-1846 died)
- Bishop David Walsh † ( 1846 Appointed - 1849 Died)
- Bishop Timothy Murphy † ( 1851 Appointed - 4 December 1856 Died)
- Bishop William Keane † ( 1857 Appointed - 5 January 1874 Died)
- Bishop John McCarthy † (1 September 1874 Appointed – 9 December 1893)
- Bishop Robert Browne † (26 June 1894 Appointed - 23 March 1935 Died)
- Bishop James J. Roche † (23 March 1935 Succeeded - 31 August 1956 Died)
- Bishop John Ahern † (30 March 1957 Appointed - 17 February 1987 Retired)
- Bishop John Magee, S.P.S. (17 February 1987 Appointed - )
[edit] 46 parishes of the Diocese of Cloyne
The Cathedral Parish of the Diocese of Cloyne is Cobh. This consists of the entire Great Island in Cork Harbour, including Rushbrooke & Ballymore. The second mensal parish is Fermoy.
The other parishes of the diocese in alphabetical order are as follows
- Aghabullogue, Rylane & Coachford
- Aghada, Saleen & Ballinrostig
- Aghinagh, Bealnamorrive, Rusheen & Ballinagree
- Ballyclough & Kilbrin
- Ballyhea
- Ballymacoda & Ladysbridge
- Ballyvourney & Chuil Aodha
- Banteer, Lyre & Kilcorney
- Blarney, Waterloo & Whitechurch
- Buttevant & Lisgriffin
- Carrigtwohill
- Castlelyons & Coolagown
- Castlemagner
- Castletownroche & Ballyhooley
- Charleville
- Churchtown & Liscarroll
- Cill na Martra & Reidh na nDoiri
- Clondrohid & Carriganimma
- Cloyne, Churchtown South, Shanagarry & Ballycotton
- Conna & Ballynoe
- Doneraile, Shanballymore & Hazelwood
- Donoughnore, Stuake & Fornaught
- Glanworth & Ballindangan
- Glantane, Dromahane & Beeing
- Grenagh & Courtbrack
- Imogeela & Castlemartyr & Dungourney
- Inniscarra, Cloghroe, Berrings & Matehy
- Kanturk & Lismire
- Kildorrery & Shraharla
- Killavullen & Annakissa
- Killeagh & Inch
- Kilworth & Araglin
- Lisgoold & Leamlara
- Macroom & Caum
- Mallow
- Midleton & Ballintotas
- Milford, Freemount & Tullylease
- Mitchelstown, Ballygiblin & Killacluig
- Mourneabbey, Analeentha & Burnfort
- Newmarket & Taur
- Rathcormac & Bartlemy
- Rockchapel & Meelin
- Shandrum & Dromina
- Youghal & Gortroe
[edit] Notable clergy
The distinguished Catholic novelist Patrick Augustine Sheehen better know as Canon Sheehan of Doneraile produced and extraordinary literary oeuvre of essays, short stories, poems and novels between 1881 and 1913.
Archbishop Daniel Mannix of Melbourne was born in Charleville in 1864 and ordained for the diocese of Cloyne in 1890. Nominated Professor of Moral Theology in Maynooth in 1895, he was promoted to President of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth in 1903. In 1912 he was nominated Coadjutor of Archbishop Carr of Melbourne and succeeded him in 1917.
Archbishop Thomas Croke was born in 1824 at Castlecor and ordained for the diocese of Cloyne at Paris in 1824. Having been Professor in the Irish College in Paris for almost twelve years, he retrned to Ireland and was appointed President of St. Colman's College, Fermoy in 1858. In 1865, he became Parish Priest of Doneraile. Nominated Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1870, he was translated to the Archdiocese of Cashel in Ireland in 1875. He died in 1902.
Bishop Robert Browne born in Charleville in 1844; he was ordained for the diocese of Cloyne in 1869. Following a brief period as Professor in St. Colman's College, Fermoy, he was appointed Dean and Professor of Greek at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, in 1870. In 1885, he succeeded as President of the College. During his tenure he completed the building of the College Chapel. Nominated Bishop of Cloyne in 1894, his principal task was to complete the building of Cobh Cathedral which he consecrated in 1919. He died in 1935.
The Very Reverend Dr. Bartholomew McCarthy, Celtic scholar and editor of the Stowe Missal, born at Conna, Ballynoe, Co. Cork, 12, Dec., 1843; died at Inniscarra, Co. Cork, 6 March., 1904. He was educated at Mount Melleray Seminary, Co. Waterford, and at St. Colman's College, Fermoy, Co. Cork, afterwards studying at Rome, where he was ordained in 1869. On his return to Ireland he was appointed professor of Classics at St. Colman's, where he remained about three years. He then went as curate to Mitchelstown and afterwards to Macroom and Youghal. In 1895 he was appointed parish priest of Inniscarra, near Cork, where he died.
