Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne
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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 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | Bishopric in 580; Diocese in 1152 |
| Cathedral | St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh |
| Patron saint | St Colman of Cloyne |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop |
William Crean Bishop of Cloyne |
| Metropolitan Archbishop |
Dermot Clifford, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly |
| Emeritus Bishops |
John Magee, Bishop Emeritus of Cloyne |
| Map | |
 The Diocese of Cloyne within the Province of Cashel |
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| Website | |
| cloynediocese.ie | |
The Diocese of Cloyne (Irish: Deoise Chluana) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel (also known as Munster) and is subject to the Archbishop of Cashel. Following the resignation of bishop John Magee, the diocese was administered by its metropolitan, Dermot Clifford, until the installation of William Crean on 27 January 2013. The cathedral church of the diocese is St Colman’s Cathedral.
Cloyne diocese is located in the northern and eastern parts of County Cork. The major towns in the diocese are Cobh, Fermoy, Mallow, Midleton and Youghal. The population is over 120,000 people.
The diocese has its beginnings in the monastic settlement of Saint Colman of Cloyne in Cloyne, east Cork. A round tower and pre-reformation cathedral still stand at this site. The bishopric was erected in A.D. 580. Colman, son of Lenin, lived from 522 to 604 A.D. He had been a poet and bard at the court of Caomh, King of Munster at Cashel. It was St. Brendan of Clonfert who induced Colman to become Christian. He embraced his new faith eagerly and studied at the monastery of St. Jarleth in Tuam. He later preached in east Cork and established his own monastic settlement at Cloyne about 560 A.D. His Feast Day is celebrated on November 24. Cloyne was later to become the centre of an extensive diocese in Munster. For eight centuries it was the residence of the Bishops of Cloyne and the setting for the Cathedral. As the metropolitan archdiocese of Cashel was co-extensive with the over-kingdom of Munster, so many of the dioceses were co-extensive with petty kingdoms that owed their loyalty to Cashel. At the Synod of Kells the territories of the MacCarthy dynasty in north west Cork, together with the kingdoms of Fermoy and Imokilly, came to make up the new diocese of Cloyne. Neighbouring Lismore diocese was severely pruned at Kells. It lost all jurisdiction in present-day County Cork (excepting Kilworth parish) to Cloyne.
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