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Diocese of Ferns
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The Diocese of Ferns is a Latin Rite diocese covering almost all of County Wexford and part of County Wicklow, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Its cathedral is St Aidan's Cathedral in Enniscorthy, and Bishop Gerard Nash was ordained the diocese's bishop in September 2021.
- Bishop
- Gerard Nash
- Latin name
- Fernen(sis)
- Established
- 598
- Cathedral
- St Aidan's Cathedral, Enniscorthy
- Patron
- Saint Aidan (Maedoc) of Ferns
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Dublin (Archdiocese of Dublin)
- Catholics
- 100,679
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 40, Summerhill, Wexford, Ireland
- Telephone
- Tel. [053]91.22.177; fax 91.23.436
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Waterford and Lismore 44 km
- Diocese of Ossory 64 km
- Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin 64 km
- Diocese of Cashel and Emly 98 km
- Diocese of Dublin 115 km
- Diocese of Cloyne 135 km
Parishes near the see
- St Kevin · Kilaveney 2 km
- St Alphonsus · Barntown 4 km
- St Martin · Piercestown 5 km
- St David · Davidstown 6 km
- St Ibar · Castlebridge 6 km
- St Catherine · Murrintown 6 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001411 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08