ROSS, Diocese of. - Diocese in County Cork in the south of Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and in the civil province of Munster. In the diocese there are 11 parishes, 29 secular priests and 8 religious. There are also 5 communities of nuns and sisters, comprising 104 members. The total population of the diocese in 1947 was 25,011 inhabitants, of whom 23,598 were Catholics.
The first bishop was St. Fachtna, whose feast is celebrated on 14 Aug.; he died around the year 600. Until 1650 the diocese had its own bishop, but from then until 1850
Among the most notable bishops of the diocese were Thaddeus Mc Carthy (1482-88), who died at Ivrea in 1492 and was beatified in 1895; Thomas O'Herlihy (1562-80), of great holiness, who suffered much for the Catholic faith and took part in the Council of Trent; Owen Mc Egan, who died for the faith in 1602; Boetius Mc Egan, who was hanged at Carrigadrohid in 1650. With the consecration of William Keane as bishop of R. in 1851 the diocese regained its autonomy. Bishop Michael O'Hea took part in the Vatican Council in 1869. The cathedral church is at Skibbereen.
Bibliography5 worksW. M. Brady, Records of Cork, Cloyne and R., Dublin 1864; id., The episcopal succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, II, Rome 1876; J.
BIBL.: W. M. Brady, Records of Cork, Cloyne and R., Dublin 1864; id., The episcopal succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, II, Rome 1876; J. Lynch, De Praesulibus Hiberniae, II, Dublin 1944; C. Mooney, Boetius Mac Egan of R., Killiney 1950; Irish catholic directory and almanac 1951, Dublin 1951.
Giblin, Cataldo. “Ross, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, coll. 1374–1375. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/ross-diocesi-di.
MLA
Giblin, Cataldo. “Ross, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1374–1375. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ross-diocesi-di.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec10_ross_diocesi_di,
author = {Giblin, Cataldo},
title = {Ross, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {X},
pages = {1374--1375},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ross-diocesi-di}
}
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