Diocese of Cork and Ross

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The Diocese of Cork and Ross (Irish: Deoise Chorcaigh agus an Ros) is a diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Cashel formed by an ex aequo principaliter union on 19 April 1958 between the Dioceses of Cork and Ross. The current Bishop of Cork and Ross, since 19 December 1997, is John Buckley.

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Bishops of Cork and Cloyne and Apostolic Administrators of Ross

  • Thaddeus McCarthy (1490 - 1492)
  • Edmund Tanner (1574 - 1579)
  • Peter Creagh (1676 - 1692)
  • John Sleyne (1693 - 1712)
  • Donagh McCarthy (1712 - 1726)
  • Teige McCarthy Rabagh (1727 - 1747)

Bishops of Cork

  • Richard Walsh (1748 - 1763)
  • John Butler (1763 - 1786)
  • Francis Moylan (1786 - 1815)
  • John Murphy (1815 - 1847)
  • William Delany (1847 - 1886)
  • Thomas O'Callaghan (1886 - 1916)
  • Daniel Cohalan (1916 - 1952)

Bishops of Cork and Apostolic Administrators of Ross

Bishops of Cork and Ross

Bishops of Cloyne and Ross

  • John O'Brien (1748-1769)
  • Matthew McKenna (1769-1792
  • William Coppinger (1792-1830)
  • Michael Collins (1830-1832)
  • Bartholomew Crotty (1832-1846)
  • David Walsh (1847-1848)

Bishops of Ross

  • William Keane (1850-1857)
  • Michael O'Hea (1857-1876)
  • William Fitzgerald (1877-1896)
  • Denis Kelly (1897-1924)
  • James Roche (1926-1931]

Apostolic Administrator of Ross

  • James Roche (1931-1935)

Bishops of Ross

  • Patrick Casey (1935-1940)
  • Denis Moynihan (1941-1953)

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