The Bishop of Cashel and Ossory (Full title: Bishop of Cashel, Waterford and Lismore with Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin) is the Ordinary of the United Diocese of Cashel, Waterford and Lismore with Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in the Church of Ireland. [1] The diocese is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. [2]
In 1833, the two provinces of Dublin and Cashel were merged. Over the centuries, numerous dioceses were merged, in view of declining membership. The same is true for this diocese where it can be seen that each of the entities listed in the title would have been a diocese in its own right.
It is for this reason that the united diocese has six cathedrals (although the union of Waterford and Lismore predates the Reformation).
| Bishops of Cashel and Ossory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Ordinary | Notes |
| 1977 | 1980 | John Armstrong | Bishop of Cashel and Waterford until 1977; translated to Armagh on 25 February 1980. |
| 1980 | 1997 | Noel Willoughby | Retired. |
| 1997 | 2002 | John Neill | Translated from Tuam, Killala and Achonry. Translated to Dublin and Glendalough. |
| 2002 | 2006 | Peter Barrett | Resigned. |
| 2006 | 2022 | Michael Burrows | Previously Dean of Cork. Became first Bishop of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe |
| 2022 | Adrian Wilkinson | Previously Archdeacon of Cork, Cloyne and Ross | |
| Source(s): [9] [10] | |||
The Archbishop of Cashel was an archiepiscopal title which took its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. Following the Reformation, there had been parallel apostolic successions to the title: one in the Catholic Church and the other in the Church of Ireland. The archbishop of each denomination also held the title of Bishop of Emly. In the Catholic Church, it was superseded by the role of Archbishop of Cashel and Emly when the two dioceses were united in 2015 and in the Church of Ireland the title was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838.
John Robert Winder Neill was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin until the end of January 2011.
The Diocese of Waterford was established in the year AD 1096. It was merged with the Diocese of Lismore on 16 June 1363 to form the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. The merged entity remained an independent diocese in the Roman Catholic Church. In the Church of Ireland, it underwent further mergers and is currently incorporated within the United Dioceses of Cashel, Waterford, Lismore, Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin and is referred to as the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory.
The Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in the Ecclesiastical Province of Dublin. The diocese consisted of counties Kilkenny, Carlow, Laois and Wexford in Ireland.
The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Waterford and town of Lismore in Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1838, and is still used by the Roman Catholic Church.
Peter Francis Barrett was the Bishop of Cashel and Ossory in the Church of Ireland from 2002 to 2006.
Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, or more formally, the Cathedral of The Holy Trinity, Christ Church, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Waterford City, Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Waterford, it is now one of six cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory.
The Dean of Belfast is the senior official of St Anne's Cathedral in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland and head of the Chapter, its governing body.
The Bishop of Cashel and Waterford was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Cashel and Waterford; comprising all of County Waterford, the southern part of County Tipperary and a small part of County Limerick, Ireland.
The Lord Bishop of Leighlin was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the small town of Old Leighlin in County Carlow, Ireland.
The United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in the south-eastern part of Ireland that was formed from a merger of older dioceses in 1977. The diocese is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin.
The Dean of Waterford in the United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory in the Church of Ireland is the dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford.
The Dean of Lismore is based at The Cathedral Church of St Carthage, Lismore in the united Diocese of Cashel and Ossory within the Church of Ireland.
The Dean of Cashel is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist and St Patrick's Rock, Cashel, one of the Church of Ireland cathedrals of the united Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory.
The Dean of Ossory or Dean of Kilkenny is based at The Cathedral Church of St Canice, Kilkenny in the united Diocese of Cashel and Ossory within the Church of Ireland.
Paul Gerard Mooney is, as of 2017, the dean of Ferns.
Thomas Henry Hatchell was Archdeacon of Leighlin from 1899 until 1922.
Cristopher William Long is an Anglican priest.
John Grainger Murray is an Anglican priest.
