Diocese of Ferns (Catholic)
The Diocese of Ferns 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. The incumbent Ordinary is Gerard Nash.
Geographical remit
The See covers most of County Wexford and some of County Carlow and County Wicklow. The major towns are Enniscorthy, Gorey, New Ross and Wexford, along with its namesake town of Ferns.It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dublin.
History
W. H. Grattan Flood, author of the History of the Diocese of Ferns, illustrates the origin of the Diocese, by stating:Ordinaries
The following is a list of the most recent post-Reformation Catholic bishops and vicars apostolic.- Thomas Furlong
- Michael Warren
- James Browne
- William Codd
- James Staunton
- Donal Herlihy
- Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC.
- Denis Brennan
- Gerard Nash