The Bishop of Kerry is the Ordinary of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry The Diocese of Kerry ( ga, Deoise Chiarraí) is a Roman Catholic diocese in south-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is St Mary's Cathedral in ...

, one of the suffragan dioceses of the

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. The Episcopal see changed its name from Ardfert and Aghadoe to Kerry on 20 December 1952. The bishop's seat ( Cathedra) is located at the Cathedral Church Saint Mary, Killarney. The current bishop is the Most Reverend Raymond Browne who was appointed Bishop of Kerry by

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on 2 May 2013 and received

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at St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney on 21 July 2013.

List of Bishops of Kerry

References

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Kerry Kerry or Kerri may refer to: * Kerry (name), a given name and surname of Gaelic origin (including a list of people with the name) Places * Kerry, Queensland, Australia * County Kerry, Ireland ** Kerry Airport, an international airport in Count ...

Religion in County Kerry Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry Bishops of Limerick or Ardfert or of Aghadoe Roman Catholic bishops of Kerry