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Diocese of Cloyne Dioecesis Cloynensis Deoise Chluana | |
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Location | |
Country | Republic of Ireland |
Territory | Northern and eastern parts of County Cork |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Cashel |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,328 sq mi (3,440 km2) |
Population - Catholics | 151,711 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | Bishopric in 580; Diocese in 1152 |
Cathedral | St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh |
Patron saint | Colman of Cloyne |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | William Crean |
Bishops emeritus | John Magee |
Map | |
Website | |
cloynediocese.ie |
The Diocese of Cloyne (Irish: Deoise Chluana)[1] is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel (also known as Munster).[2]