Overhaul of Cork parishes to be completed soon as diocese appeals for men to join priesthood

Currently, there are just two men studying for the priesthood in the diocese of Cork & Ross but it will be 2029 before they will be ordained.

Bishop Fintan Gavin, Bishop of Cork and Ross.

The radical overhaul of parishes in Cork and Ross diocese will be completed by the autumn, as the diocese makes a call for men to consider priesthood as a career.

Last September, 12 “families of parishes” were brought together under a new framework in a move to address the falling number of priests in the diocese.