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Diocese of Ferns
Dioecesis Fernensis
Deoise Fearna
Saint Aidan's Cathedral, Enniscorthy
Location
CountryRepublic of Ireland
TerritoryMost of County Wexford and parts of County Wicklow
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Dublin
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Dublin
Statistics
Area1,158 sq mi (3,000 km)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2019)
126,277
100,679 (79.7%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established7th Century
CathedralSt Aidan's Cathedral, Enniscorthy
Patron saintSt Aidan
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGerard Nash,
Bishop of Ferns
Metropolitan ArchbishopDermot Farrell,
Archbishop of Dublin
Vicar GeneralMgr Joseph McGrath
Bishops emeritusBrendan Oliver Comiskey
Denis Brennan
Map
Website
ferns.ie

The Diocese of Ferns (Irish: Deoise Fhearna) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in south-eastern Ireland. It is one of three suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin and is subject to the Archdiocese of Dublin. The incumbent Ordinary is Gerard Nash.

Geographical remit

The See covers most of County Wexford and some of County Carlow and County Wicklow. The major towns are Enniscorthy, Gorey, New Ross and Wexford, along with its namesake town of Ferns.

It is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.

History

W. H. Grattan Flood, author of the History of the Diocese of Ferns, illustrates the origin of the Diocese, by stating:

It is a far cry back to the year 598, when the See of Ferns was established, with St. Aedan (Mo-Aedh-og or Mogue) as first Bishop. During his episcopate thirty churches and numerous monasteries were founded. St. Ibar, St. Abban, St. Brendan, and St. Senan were also early labourers in the diocese. St. Aedan died on January 31, 630, leaving a fragrant memory behind him, and his episcopal See was known as Fearna-mor-Moedhoc."

Ordinaries

Main article: Bishop of Ferns

The following is a list of the most recent post-Reformation Roman Catholic bishops and vicars apostolic.

Sex abuse controversy

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The October 2005 Report of the Ferns Inquiry has outlined the serious levels of clerical sex abuse in the diocese since the 1960s. It strongly criticised the former bishops of Ferns, Donal Herlihy and Brendan Comiskey for their inability to deal with the allegations of sexual abuse made against a number of priests. Comiskey resigned as Bishop on 1 April 2002.

See also

References

  1. Diocese of Ferns Archived 2 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  2. Archdiocese of Dublin Archived 20 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  3. Diocese of Ferns Archived 27 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine – Catholic Encyclopedia article. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  4. Grattan Flood, History, title page.
  5. Grattan Flood, History, p. ix.
  6. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 428–429. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  7. Diocese of Ferns Archived 2 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved on 7 September 2009.

Sources

  • Grattan Flood, W.H. History of the Diocese of Ferns. Waterford: Downey & Co., 1916.

External links

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Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference
Dioceses Catholic dioceses in Ireland
Bishops
Churches
See also

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