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
Website
ossory.ie
Church of Saint John the Evangelist in 2018St. Canice's Church in 2018
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.
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