Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns

The Diocese of Ferns () is a Roman Catholic diocese in south-eastern Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin and is subject to the Archdiocese of Dublin.. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2 June 2011.. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 26 April 2010. - Catholic Encyclopedia article. Retrieved 2 June 2011. The incumbent Ordinary is Denis Brennan.

Geographical remit

The See covers most of County Wexford and some of County Carlow and County Wicklow. It is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.

History

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Ordinaries

The following is a list of the most recent post-Reformation Roman Catholic bishops and vicars apostolic.. Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved on 7 September 2009.

• Thomas Furlong (1857&ndash;1875)
• Michael Warren (1876&ndash;1884)
• James Browne (1884&ndash;1917)
• William Codd (1917&ndash;1938)
• James Staunton (1938&ndash;1963)
• Donald J. Herlihy (1964&ndash;1983)
• Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. (1984&ndash;2002)
• Denis Brennan (2006&ndash;present)

Sex abuse controversy

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