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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 Diocese of Cork was one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the Synod of Rathbreasail (1111 AD) on an ancient bishopric founded by Saint Finbarr in 876. On 30 July 1326, Pope John XXII, on the petition of King Edward II of England, issued a papal bull for the union of the bishoprics of Cork and Cloyne, the union to take effect on the death of either bishop.
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The Diocese of Cork and Ross can refer to: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross; The former Church of Ireland diocese of Cork and Ross is now incorporated within the united Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
It is the seat of the Bishop of Cork and Ross, and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross. Its name derived from the fact that it encompassed the ecclesiastical parish of St. Mary and the civil parish of St. Anne. [2]
The Diocese of Ross was a separate diocese situated in south-west Ireland. Following the Reformation, there were two dioceses. In the Church of Ireland, the diocese is now part of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is part of the Diocese of Cork and Ross. [1]
Pages in category "Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of the bishops of the dioceses of Cloyne or of Cork or of Ross or of any merged entity thereof (e.g. Cork and Cloyne, Cork and Ross, Cork Cloyne and Ross) in te main Christian churches of Ireland, viz the Roman Catholic Church or the Church of Ireland.