Bishop Gavin told The Echo that Cork and Ross had 122 diocesan priests in 2004, meaning that with 59 diocesan priests in 2024, their number has reduced by 51.6% over the past two decades.

Speaking to The Echo he said that his unusually high number of Masses over a short period was mainly due to the fact that Christmas Day was falling on a Monday this year, and he also acknowledged the lack of clergy as a backdrop to the situation

Father Kamil Bachara has been in Ireland since March 2018, working for over a year in Clonakilty before Bishop Fintan Gavin asked him to move closer to Cork city, to replace Fr Piotr Galus as co-ordinator of the chaplaincy to the Polish community in the diocese of Cork and Ross

The 2023 procession was officially launched by the Lord Mayor of Cork city, councillor Deirdre Forde, and by Bishop Gavin

The ceremony is being organised by the North Monastery Past Pupils Union to celebrate the contribution of the Christian Brothers to education in Cork from the period of 1811 to 2020

Last year the diocese of Cork and Ross, which is geographically the largest in the country, introduced a new system of resource management which reflects changed circumstances for the Catholic Church in Ireland

He is proposing an alternative secular celebration called ‘Graduation’ to be held in the final month of primary school

“One man at the graveside emptied beer on the coffin before drinking what was left in the can himself. I don’t think he wanted it to go to waste."

69-year-old Bishop O’Connell, who was a native of Brooklodge, Glanmire, was shot dead in his home in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles, on Saturday.

The award was presented at the Church of Our Lady and St John by Bishop Fintan Gavin, the Catholic Bishop of Cork and Ross. 

Three years into his time in Cork and Ross, Bishop Fintan Gavin talks to Donal O’Keeffe about the challenges facing the diocese, answering tough questions, and why, if we can’t welcome refugees, we can’t really celebrate Christmas.

The bells of the Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne were recently rededicated and rung for the first time after 5pm mass on Saturday, December 17, alongside the installation of new outside lighting.

In this year's message the bishops speak of the pandemic, war in Europe and conflicts around the world, poverty, famine, migration, and homelessness but say there is hope and point to the generosity of Irish people

The bells will sound again on Saturday alongside the unveiling of new exterior lighting at the cathedral

Art historian Patricia Curtin-Kelly’s latest book looks at the life of a venerated 15th century Cork cleric and his later influence on the arts and crafts movement

From Thurles, in Co Tipperary, Fr Doherty spent seven years training as a technician with Eircom before becoming a priest

Fr Michael Leahy (94), of St Augustine’s Church on the corner of Washington Street and Grand Parade was ordained on Sunday, October 26, 1952 which he fondly remembers as a “thrilling day”

Archbishop Patrick Coveney had resided in Crosshaven Parish in the Diocese of Cork and Ross since his retirement as Apostolic Nuncio to Greece in 2009.

The first phase of a renovation began in 2016, and that was completed in 2017, and further renovation had to be paused when the pandemic began.

The parishioners of Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church, as well as the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross and the wider Church of Ireland, are celebrating 802 years of continuous worship at the church in Youghal, since its foundation in 1220.

"The local community and the faith community used to be one and the same. Going to Mass was where you met everyone, young and old." 

The chief celebrant was Bishop John Buckley, the former bishop of Cork and Ross

In future, parishes will work together in groupings with priests ministering across the “family of parishes”, and lay people playing a greater role in parish life.

As Muslim communities in Cork celebrate Ramadan, Mostafa Darwish explores what happens at Togher mosque during the holy month

“Our oldest child is 15, and the youngest one year and two months. We have six children, almost a football team.” 

A programme of talks and exhibitions is also planned as part of the anniversary celebrations

As St Fin Barre’s gets ready for Christmas, Donal O’Keeffe gets a guided tour of Cork’s Church of Ireland cathedral.

The bishops said the past year has been tough on everyone, with the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to affect all our lives.

WE live today in a world “where words are weaponised as tweets and social media comments”.

BISHOP Fintan Gavin is administering “radical change” in the Diocese of Cork and Ross and has announced a range of changes to the culture and practices of the Church in the area.

A CORK priest has hit out at bishops who are planning to flout public health guidelines by holding First Communion and Confirmation ceremonies.