Back Bistum Ferns German Diócesis de Ferns Spanish Diocèse de Ferns French Deoise Fhearna Irish Keuskupan Ferns ID Diocesi di Ferns Italian Kabiskopan Ferns JV Bisdom Ferns Dutch Diecezja Ferns Polish Епархия Фернса Russian
Diocese of Ferns Dioecesis Fernensis Deoise Fearna | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Territory | Most of County Wexford and parts of County Wicklow |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Dublin |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Dublin |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,158 sq mi (3,000 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 126,277 100,679 (79.7%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 7th Century |
| Cathedral | St Aidan's Cathedral, Enniscorthy |
| Patron saint | St Aidan |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Gerard Nash, Bishop of Ferns |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Dermot Farrell, Archbishop of Dublin |
| Vicar General | Mgr Joseph McGrath |
| Bishops emeritus | Brendan Oliver Comiskey Denis Brennan |
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| 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.[1][2][3] The incumbent Ordinary is Gerard Nash.
- ^ Diocese of Ferns. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ Archdiocese of Dublin. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ Diocese of Ferns – Catholic Encyclopedia article. Retrieved 2 June 2011.