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Diocese of Kerry

Dioecesis Kerriensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Raymond Anthony Browne, Bishop
  • William Murphy, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 20 December 1952
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ireland
  • Square Kilometers: 5,300 (2,047 Square Miles)
  • Description: Most of Kerry and parts of Cork
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseofkerry.ie/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Cathedral Walk, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland
  • Telephone: (064)6631.168
  • Fax: 6631.364

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe
6th CenturyErectedDiocese of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe (erected)
Diocese of Kerry
20 December 1952Name ChangedDiocese of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe Diocese of Kerry

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe
1950158,586160,89198.6%150121629784067252ap1951
Diocese of Kerry
1970125,500127,00098.8%141121538207461051ap1971
1980126,500129,00098.1%137111488545163053ap1981
1990129,000130,00099.2%141121538434547954ap1991
1999124,350127,95097.2%124161408883635054ap2000
2000127,850130,00098.3%129141438943230654ap2001
2001128,850131,00098.4%131121439012632854ap2002
2002128,850131,00098.4%125121379402931254ap2003
2003128,850131,00098.4%120121329762930554ap2004
2004128,850131,00098.4%121111329762729954ap2005
2006130,000136,00095.6%116111271,0232427054ap2007
2013146,000152,30095.9%905951,536719453ap2014
2016146,790153,10095.9%125171421,0332712653ap2017
2019140,779143,00098.4%783811,7386179653ap2020
2021136,541146,50093.2%774811,68561611253ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 109, and Page 110
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 96
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 119
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 92
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 96
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 97
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 86, and Page 87
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 118
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 65
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 221
  • Diocese of Kerry
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 45, Page 187

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