The Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, also referred to as the United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, is a

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. The diocese is in the

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of the

Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Province of Dublin. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Paul Colton BCL, DipTh, MPhil, LLM, PhD. He was consecrated ...

, the result of a combination of the bishoprics of Cork and Cloyne and Ross in 1583, the separation of Cork and Ross and Cloyne in 1660, and the re-combination of Cork and Ross and Cloyne in 1835. CorkCathedralsunlight

History of the Diocese of Cork

The Diocese of Cork was one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the

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(1111 AD) on an ancient bishopric founded by

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in 876. On 30 July 1326,

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, on the petition of King Edward II of England, issued a papal bull for the union of the bishoprics of Cork and

Cloyne Cloyne () is a small town to the southeast of Midleton in eastern County Cork. It is also a see city of the Anglican (Church of Ireland) Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, while also giving its name to a Roman Catholic diocese. St Colman's Ca ...

, the union to take effect on the death of either bishop. The union should have taken effect on the death of Philip of Slane in 1327, however, bishops were still appointed to each separate bishopric. The union eventually took place with Jordan Purcell appointed bishop of the united see of Cork and Cloyne in 1429. Following the Reformation, the diocese was again split and from 1583, Ross and Cork shared a bishop. In 1835 Cloyne was merged with "Ross and Cork".

History of the Diocese of Cloyne

The diocese of Cloyne has its origins in the monastic settlement founded by St Colman in the 6th century. Cloyne was not one of the dioceses established at the Synod of Rathbreasail, but a bishop of Cloyne was ruling the diocese by 1148, which was recognized at the

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in March 1152. The see was merged with Cork to form the Diocese of Cork and Cloyne in 1429.

History of the Diocese of Ross

This see was founded by St. Fachtna, and the place-name was variously known as Roscairbre (

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) and Rosailithir (Ross of the pilgrims). St. Fachtna founded the

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as well as the see; and his death occurred about 590, on 14 August, on which day his feast is celebrated. At that time the chiefs of the tuath were the

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, known as Uí Laoghaire Ruis Ó gCairbre. By 1160, Ross (distinct from the Scottish Diocese of Ross) was an independent bishopric. In 1207, the Norman King,

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, granted the ''

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'' of Rosailithir to David Roche, regardless of the claims of the native chief, the

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, but the episcopal manors were left undisturbed. In 1306, the value of the bishop's mensa was 26 marks, while the cathedral was valued at 3 marks; and the tribal revenue of the see was but 45 pounds sterling. The number of parishes was 29, divided into 3 divisions; and there was a

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abbey, Carrigilihy (''de fonte vivo''); also a

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Priory at St. Mary's, Ross. The Franciscans acquired a foundation at

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from the O'Driscolls in 1460. Blessed

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was appointed Bishop of Ross in 1482, but was forcibly deprived of his see in 1488. However, he was translated to the united bishopric of Cork and Cloyne in 1490; was again a victim of political intrigues, and died a confessor at

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in 1492, being beatified in 1895. In 1517 the revenue of the diocese was but 60 marks. At that date the chapter was complete with 12 canons and 4 vicars, and there were 27 parishes, including three around

Berehaven Castletownbere () is a town in County Cork in Ireland. It is located on the Beara Peninsula by Berehaven Harbour. It is also known as Castletown Berehaven. A regionally important fishing port, the town also serves as a commercial and retail hub ...

. Following the Reformation, the merged dioceses of "Cork and Cloyne" were again split with Ross and Cork sharing a bishop from 1583 onwards.

Cathedrals

Saint Finbarre's Cathedral Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral ( ga, Ardeaglais Naomh Fionnbarra) is a Gothic Revival three-spire Church of Ireland cathedral in the city of Cork. It is located on the south bank of the River Lee and dedicated to Finbarr of Cork, patron saint of ...

, Cork city, Cork. * Cathedral Church of St. Fachtna, Rosscarbery, Ross. * St. Coleman's Cathedral, Cloyne.

Parishes

Diocese of Cork

The Diocese of Cork comprises 14 parishes with 40 churches (excluding the cathedral) * Aghadown,

St Matthew's Church, Aghadown St Matthew's Church is a small Gothic Revival Anglican church located in Aghadown, County Cork, Ireland. It was completed in 1873. It is dedicated to Matthew the Apostle. Along with St Matthias' Church in Ballydehob, it is part of the Ballyd ...

- parish of Ballydehob *

Ballydehob Ballydehob () is a coastal village in the southwest of County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the R592 regional road, at a junction with the N71 national secondary road. History During the Bronze Age (2200-600 B.C.), copper was mined on Moun ...

, St Matthias - parish of Ballydehob *

Ballinadee Ballinadee () is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It lies in the parish of Courceys, approximately 12 km by road west of Kinsale and 9 km south east of Bandon. Ballinadee is on the banks of the River Pound, which flows into the River ...

- parish of Ballymodan * Ballymartle - parish of Kinsale * Ballymodan, St Peter's Church, Ballymodan - parish of Ballymodan * Beara, St Peter - parish of Kilmocomogue *

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St Michael, St Michael - parish of Douglas * Brinny Church - parish of Ballymodan *

Carrigaline Carrigaline () is a town and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the River Owenabue. Located about south of Cork city, and with a population of 15,770 people, it is one of the largest commuter towns of the city. The R611 regiona ...

, St Mary - parish of Carriglaine *

Carrigrohane Carrigrohane (also Currikippane or Kilgrohanmore, meaning "marsh of the little sticks") is a village and civil parish situated on the south bank of the River Lee to the west of the city of Cork in Ireland. It is connected by the Carrigrohane St ...

, St Peter - parish of Carrigrohane *

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, St Anne Shandon *

Crookhaven Crookhaven () is a village in County Cork, Ireland, on the most southwestern tip of the island of Ireland. With an out-of-season population of about sixty, it swells in the summer season to about four hundred, when the occupants of the seasonal ...

, St Brendan - parish of Kilmoe *

Desertserges Desertserges () is a civil parish in County Cork, Ireland. It is also an Ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross. The parish lies between the towns of Enniskean and Bandon. It consist of about of land on the south ...

- parish of Kinneigh *

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, St Luke - parish of Douglas *

Drimoleague Drimoleague (historically ''Drumdalege'', ) is a village on the R586 road at its junction with the R593 in County Cork, Ireland. It lies roughly halfway between the towns of Dunmanway and Bantry, within the civil parish of Dromdaleague. As of ...

, St Matthew - parish of Fanlobbus *

Drinagh Drinagh (, meaning 'place producing blackthorns') is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It lies on the R637 road between the towns of Dunmanway and Skibbereen. Drinagh is also close to Rosscarbery and Drimoleague. Drinagh has a tennis court, ...

, Christ Church - parish of Fanlobbus *

Dunmanway Dunmanway (, official Irish name: ) is a market town in County Cork, in the southwest of Ireland. It is the geographical centre of the region known as West Cork. It is the birthplace of Sam Maguire, an Irish Protestant republican, for whom the tr ...

St Edmund - parish of Fanlobbus *

Durrus Durrus () is a village and civil parish in West Cork in Ireland. It is situated from Bantry in County Cork, at the head of the Sheep's Head and the Mizen Head peninsulas. Durrus is on the Wild Atlantic Way driving route which spans the Irish ...

, St James the Apostle - parish of Kilmocomogue * Garrycloyne - parish of Carrigrohane * Fanlobbus, St Mary - parish of Fanlobbus *

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, Holy Trinity - parish of Douglas *

Inniscarra Inniscarra () is a civil parish in the barony of Muskerry East, County Cork, Ireland. It is located about 15km west of Cork city. The local GAA club is Inniscarra GAA and Dripsey GAA. Inniscarra is located on the north side of the River Lee. In ...

, Senan - parish of Carrigrohane *

Innishannon Innishannon or Inishannon () is a large village on the main Cork (city), Cork–Bandon, County Cork, Bandon road (N71 road (Ireland), N71) in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on the River Bandon, the village has grown d ...

, Christ Church - parish of Ballymodan * Kilbonane, St Mark - parish of Moviddy *

Kilmeen Kilmeen GAA are a Junior A Gaelic football club from the south-west division (Carbery GAA) of County Cork, Ireland. The club competes in Carbery and Cork competitions. Their sister club in Hurling, Kilbree competes at Junior A level as of 20 ...

, Christ Church - parish of Kinneigh * Kilmocomogue * Kilmurry, St Andrew - parish of Moviddy * Kinneigh, St Bartholomew - parish of Kinneigh *

Kinsale Kinsale ( ; ) is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland. Located approximately south of Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a population of 5,281 (a ...

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- parish of Kinsale * Marmullane, St Mary - parish of Douglas * Monkstown, St John - parish of Carriglaine * Murragh, St Patrick - parish of Kinneigh * Nohoval - parish of Templebreedy * Rathclaren - parish of Ballymodan *

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, Holy Trinity - parish of Kilmoe * Teampol-Na-Mbocht - parish of Kilmoe * Templemartin, St Martin - parish of Moviddy * Templetrine - parish of Kinsale * Templebreedy, Holy Trinity *

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Diocese of Cloyne

The Diocese of Cloyne comprises 5 parishes with 19 churches. * Ardmore - parish of Youghal * Ardnageehy, Mary - parish of Fermoy *

Ballyhooly Ballyhooly ()Logainm.ie, an Irish placenames databaseBaile Átha hÚllaVerified 2019-11-07. is a small village in north County Cork situated along the N72 between Castletownroche and Fermoy. Ballyhooly is home to two pubs, a church, community c ...

, Christ Church - parish of Fermoy * Brigown, St George - parish of Fermoy *

Castlemartyr Castlemartyr (, formerly anglicised as ''Ballymarter'' or ''Ballymartyr'') is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located 25 minutes east of Cork city, 10 km (6 mi) east of Midleton, 16 km (10 mi) west of Youghal and 6&n ...

, St Anne - parish of Youghal *

Castletownroche Castletownroche () is a townland, village, and civil parish in the barony of Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the N72 national secondary road. In ancient times, it was known in Irish as ''Dún Chruadha'', meaning Cruadha's Fort. ...

- parish of Mallow *

, St Colman's Cathedral - parish of Cloyne *

Cobh Cobh ( ,), known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. With a population of around 13,000 inhabitants, Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and home to Ireland's ...

& Glanmire - parish of Cobh & Glanmire Union * Corkbeg, St Michael & All Angels - parish of Cloyne *

Doneraile Doneraile (), historically Dunerayl, is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is on the R581 regional road east of the N20 road, which runs from Limerick to Cork. It is about north of Mallow town. It is on the River Awbeg, a branch of the ...

, St Mary - parish of Mallow *

Fermoy Fermoy () is a town on the River Blackwater in east County Cork, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the town and environs had a population of approximately 6,500 people. It is located in the barony of Condons and Clangibbon, and is in the Dái ...

, Christ Church - parish of Fermoy * Gurranekennefeake, Holy Trinity - parish of Cloyne * Knockmourne, St Luke - parish of Fermoy * Little Island, St Lappan - parish of Cobh & Glanmire Union * Mallow, St James - parish of Mallow *

Midleton Midleton (; , meaning "monastery at the weir") is a town in south-eastern County Cork, Ireland. It lies approximately 16 km east of Cork City on the Owenacurra River and the N25 road, which connects Cork to the port of Rosslare. A satellit ...

, St John the Baptist- parish of Cloyne * Rathcooney - parish of Cobh & Glanmire Union * Rushbrooke, Christ Church - parish of Cobh & Glanmire Union * Youghal, St Mary - parish of Youghal

Diocese of Ross

The Diocese of Ross comprises 3 parishes with 13 churches. *

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- parish of Abbeystrewry *Caheragh, St Mary - parish of Abbeystrewry *Castlehaven - parish of Abbeystrewry *Castleventry - parish of Ross *Courtmacsherry, St John the Evangelist - parish of Kilgariffe *Kilfaughnabeg, Christ Church - parish of Ross *Kilgariffe - parish of Kilgariffe *Kilmacabea - parish of Ross *Kilmalooda, All Saints' Church, Kilmalooda, All Saints' Church - parish of Kilgariffe *Myross - parish of Ross *

, Ross Cathedral, St Fachtna's Cathedral - parish of Ross *Timoleague, Church of the Ascension, Timoleague, The Ascension - parish of Kilgariffe *Tullagh, St Matthew - parish of Abbeystrewry

Bishops

Education and Faith Development

There are a number Church of Ireland primary and secondary schools in the diocese, with the Bishop as the patron. There is also a Children's ministry which organizes events outside of the school system. Developing from the ''Bishop's Course in Theology'', recently the ''Certificate in Christian Studies'' (validated by St. Patrick's College, Maynooth) has been delivered in the Diocese.Certificate in Christian Studies launched in Cork, Cloyne and Ross
News, Irish Anglican, 12 Feb 2018.

References

External links

Diocesan Website
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