Father Fintan Gavin, 53, will become the fourth bishop to be appointed by the Vatican to join the Diocese of Cork and Ross, since it was formed in 1958.

His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Fr Fintan Gavin, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Dublin, as the new Bishop of Cork and Ross.

Redundancies as marriage counselling centre closes in row over assistance to same-sex couples

Staff at the Cork Marriage Counselling Centre are at risk of redundancy after the Cork and Ross Social Services said it could not sign a service-level agreement with Tusla, in part because it may be “inconsistent with the ethos of the Diocese of Cork & Ross”.

The Catholic Communications Office has defended a decision by a Cork church to have a speaker address the congregation about the forthcoming referendum on abortion after a woman contacted a local radio station to say that she walked out of an anniversary Mass because she did not want to be at a “rally.”

A battle for the patronage of a primary school planned for one of Cork’s largest towns has kicked off.

The Bishop of Cloyne has announced a major reshuffle of priests in the diocese and the retirement of three.

Cork’s North Cathedral was host to an ordination for the first time in 24 years at the weekend — the only ordination for the Cork Diocese this year.

First they embraced social media. Now they’re going green.

THE dead leave this world taking their stories to the grave.

The State must accept responsibility for children who were sexually abused in schools managed and run by the Catholic Church, the European Court of Human Rights was told.

The European Court of Human Rights is to hear an appeal next year by a Corkwoman against a Supreme Court ruling the State was not legally liable for the sexual abuse she suffered as a child by her teacher.

Communities will be involved in any plans to radically reorganise the amount of dioceses in this country, according to the summary report presented by the Vatican team who visited the country last year.

An ancient enclosed order of nuns has embraced social media to reach out to the world.

CHURCH of Ireland Bishop of Cork Paul Colton has called for a review of the legislation governing the setting up of VECs after a controversial vote saw a Church of Ireland nominee dumped off the Cork VEC committee.

BISHOP John Buckley has warned that a shortage of priests will soon mean that parishes in the Diocese of Cork and Ross will have to “share” churchmen.

A PRIEST in the Diocese of Cork and Ross has stepped down from his duties while gardaí investigate an allegation of child sex abuse made against him.

JUST seven of the 26 Catholic bishops have responded to a question on whether or not their diocese ever operated a secret oath policy.

AUXILIARY Bishop of Dublin Eamonn Walsh has said he does not believe the inquiry into child abuse should be extended to the rest of the country.

MORE than half of the Irish Catholic Church’s 26 dioceses failed to respond to Irish Examiner queries about defection rates over the past five years.

HUNDREDS of angry parents, pupils and teachers have protested at an unfulfilled promise made 10 years ago to provide a new school in Co Cork.

A RELIGIOUS order is to end its association with a nursing home it has run for more than 50 years in west Cork — because its nuns are getting too old to continue their work.

COUPLES prepared to splash out extra thousands on wedding day frills are being urged to keep it simple by priests in Kerry.

A REBEL cleric who openly defied a bishop’s authority was buried yesterday.

AROUND 40 members of the Polish community in Cork were confirmed by the Bishop of Cork and Ross, John Buckley, in a packed church last night.

DAN BUCKLEY’S feature on the Catholic Church (Irish Examiner, January 26) erroneously states the vocations position of the Diocese of Cork and Ross.