{{Short description|Catholic bishopric in Ireland}} {{Portal|Catholicism}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=June 2021}} The '''bishop of Kerry''' ({{Langx|ga|Easpag Chiarraí}}) is the [[Ordinary (Catholic Church)|ordinary]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry]], one of the suffragan dioceses of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly|Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref name=dkerr>{{Catholic-hierarchy|diocese|dkerr|Diocese of Kerry |18 May 2009}}</ref>
The [[Episcopal see]] changed its name from [[Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe|Ardfert and Aghadoe]] to Kerry on 20 December 1952.<ref name=dkerr/> The bishop's seat ([[Cathedra]]) is located at the [[St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney|Cathedral Church Saint Mary, Killarney]].
The current bishop is the Most Reverend [[Raymond Browne]] who was [[Appointment of Catholic bishops|appointed]] Bishop of Kerry by [[Pope Francis]] on 2 May 2013<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barry |first1=Aoife |title=Pope appoints Father Raymond A Browne as Bishop of Kerry |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/father-raymond-a-browne-bishop-kerry-893199-May2013/#:~:text=A%20NEW%20BISHOP%20has%20been%20appointed%20to%20Kerry,of%20Kilgefin%20Parish%2C%20Co%20Roscommon%2C%20Diocese%20of%20Elphin. |access-date=4 June 2024 |publisher=The Journal |date=2 May 2013}}</ref> and received [[Consecration#Roman Catholic Church|episcopal consecration]] at St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney on 21 July 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fr Ray Browne ordained as Bishop of Kerry |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/fr-ray-browne-ordained-as-bishop-of-kerry-1.1470676 |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=21 July 2013}}</ref>
==List of bishops of Kerry== {{For|earlier bishops|Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe}} {| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" ! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;"|Bishops of Kerry |- ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="10%"|From ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="10%"|Until ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="30%"|Incumbent ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="45%"|Notes |-valign=top bgcolor="white" |align=center|1952 |align=center|1969 |'''[[Denis Moynihan]]''' |<small>[[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] from [[Bishop of Ross (Ireland)|Ross]]. [[Appointment of Catholic bishops|Appointed]] Bishop of Kerry on 10 February 1952. Retired on 17 July 1969 and died on 6 December 1975.</small> |-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2" |align=center|1969 |align=center|1976 |'''[[Eamon Casey]]''' |<small>Appointed bishop on 17 July 1969 and received [[Consecration#Roman Catholic Church|episcopal consecration]] on 9 November 1969. [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] to [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora|Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora]] on 21 July 1976.</small> |-valign=top bgcolor="white" |align=center|1976 |align=center|1984 |'''[[Kevin McNamara (archbishop)|Kevin McNamara]]''' |<small>Appointed bishop on 22 August 1976 and received episcopal consecration on 7 November 1976. Translated to [[Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)|Dublin]] on 15 November 1984.</small> |-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2" |align=center|1985 |align=center|1994 |'''[[Diarmaid O' Súilleabháin (bishop)|Diarmaid O’ Súilleabháin]]''' |<small>Appointed bishop on 29 March 1985 and received episcopal consecration on 26 May 1985. Died in office on 27 August 1994.</small> |-valign=top bgcolor="white" |align=center|1995 |align=center|2013 |'''[[William Murphy (Bishop of Kerry)|William Murphy]]''' |<small>Appointed bishop on 17 June 1995 and received episcopal consecration on 10 September 1995. Resigned on 2 May 2013.</small> |-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2" |align=center|2013 |align=center|present |'''[[Raymond Browne]]''' |<small>Appointed bishop on 2 May 2013 and received episcopal consecration on 21 July 2013.</small> |-valign=top bgcolor="white" |align=center colspan="4"| Source(s):<ref name=dkerr/><ref name=handbook430to431>{{cite book|author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=Third |publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X|pages=430–431}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Diocese of Kerry |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kerr0.htm |work= |publisher=GCatholic.org |accessdate=2009-05-18}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Catholic Church in Ireland}}
[[Category:Lists of Irish bishops and archbishops|Kerry]] [[Category:Religion in County Kerry]] [[Category:Diocese of Kerry]] [[Category:Bishops of Limerick or Ardfert or of Aghadoe]] [[Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Kerry]]