Diocese of Cashel and Ossory

United Dioceses of Cashel, Waterford and Lismore with Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin
Coat of arms
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Dublin and Cashel
Information
Cathedral	St. John's Cathedral, Cashel, Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, St Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore, St Canice's Cathedral, Ferns Cathedral, St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin
Current leadership
Bishop	Michael Burrows, Bishop of Cashel and Ossory
Website
cashel.anglican.org

The United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory (Full title: The United Dioceses of Cashel, Waterford and Lismore with Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, Irish: Deoise Chaisil, Phort Láirge, Leasa Móire, Osraí, Fhearna agus Leithghlinne) 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.

When the Church in England broke communion with the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England was established by the state as the established church. Later, by decree of the Irish Parliament, a similar new body became the State Church in the Kingdom of Ireland. It assumed possession of most Church property (and so retained a great repository of religious architecture and other items, though some were later destroyed). The substantial majority of the population remained faithful to the Latin Rite of Roman Catholicism, despite the political and economic advantages of membership in the state church. They were obliged to find alternative premises and to conduct their services in secret. The English-speaking minority mostly adhered to the Church of Ireland or, especially in Ulster, to Presbyterianism. 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.

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