The Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary

Ordinary

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 of the Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

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 diocese

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 of Ossory

Ossory

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, Ferns

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns

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 and Leighlin

Old Leighlin

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 in the Ecclesiastical Province

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 of Dublin. The diocese consisted of counties Kilkenny

County Kilkenny

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, Carlow

County Carlow

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, Laois

County Laois

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 and Wexford

County Wexford

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 in Ireland

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History

Under the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833, the bishopric was formed when the bishopric of Ossory

Bishop of Ossory

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 merged with the bishopric of Ferns and Leighlin

Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin

The Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Ferns and Leighlin in the Province of Dublin. The diocese comprised all of counties Wexford and Carlow and part of counties Wicklow and Laois in Ireland....

 on 12 July 1835. Over the next one hundred and forty-two years, there were twelve bishops of the united diocese. In 1977, the see

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 merged with bishopric of Cashel and Waterford

Bishop of Cashel and Waterford

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 to form the united bishopric of Cashel and Ossory

Bishop of Cashel and Ossory

The Bishop of Cashel and Ossory is the Ordinary of the United Diocese of Cashel, Waterford and Lismore with Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in the Church of Ireland...

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List of bishops of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin

Bishops of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin
From	Until	Ordinary	Notes
1835	1841	Robert Fowler	Appointed bishop of Ossory Bishop of Ossory The Bishop of Ossory is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.-History:The diocese of Ossory...  in 1813, became bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin when the dioceses were united on 12 July 1835; died 31 December 1841
1842	1874	James Thomas O'Brien James Thomas O'Brien James Thomas O'Brien , Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory, Ferns, and Leighlin.-Early life:O'Brien, born at New Ross, County Wexford, in September 1792, was the son of Michael Burke O'Brien, a corporation officer, with the title of deputy sovereign of New Ross, who died in 1826. His mother,...	Nominated 24 February and consecrated 20 March 1842; died 12 December 1874
1874	1878	Robert Samuel Gregg	Elected 4 March and consecrated 30 March 1875; translated to Cork, Cloyne and Ross Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Province of Dublin....  4 July 1878
1878	1897	William Pakenham Walsh	Elected 30 August and consecrated 29 September 1878; resigned 30 September 1897; died 30 July 1902
1897	1907	John Baptist Crozier John Baptist Crozier John Baptist Crozier MRIA was Archbishop of Armagh of the Church of Ireland and Primate of All Ireland .-Early life:John Baptist Crozier, eldest son of the Reverend Baptist Barton Crozier and Catherine Mary Crozier née Bolland, Rockview, Ballyhaise was born in the townland of Knockfad on 8 April...	Elected 20 October and consecrated 30 November 1897; translated to Down, Connor and Dromore Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore The Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Down, Connor and Dromore; comprising all County Down and County Antrim, including the city of Belfast.-History:...  26 September 1907
1907	1911	Charles Frederick D'Arcy Charles D'Arcy Charles Frederick D'Arcy was a Church of Ireland clergyman, from 1903 Bishop of Clogher, in 1907 translated to become Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin and then Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, briefly Archbishop of Dublin, and finally from 1920 until his death Archbishop of Armagh...	Translated from Clogher Bishop of Clogher The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church.-History:Clogher is one... ; elected 5 November 1907; translated to Down, Connor and Dromore Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore The Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Down, Connor and Dromore; comprising all County Down and County Antrim, including the city of Belfast.-History:...  29 March 1911
1911	1915	John Henry Bernard John Henry Bernard The Right Reverend John Henry Bernard PC , was an Irish clergyman.Bernard was born in Raniganj, India. He was Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1902 to 1911, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin from 1911 to 1915 and Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin from 1915 to 1919.A prolific...	Elected 14 June and consecrated 25 July 1911; translated to Dublin Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland) The Archbishop of Dublin is the title of the senior cleric who presides over the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough in the Church of Ireland...  7 October 1915
1915	1920	John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg CH DD was a Church of Ireland clergyman, from 1915 Bishop of Ossory, in 1920 translated to become Archbishop of Dublin, and finally from 1939 until 1959 Archbishop of Armagh. He was also a theologian and historian.-Life:...	Elected 20 November and consecrated 28 December 1915; translated to Dublin Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland) The Archbishop of Dublin is the title of the senior cleric who presides over the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough in the Church of Ireland...  20 September 1920
1920	1938	John Godfrey FitzMaurice Day	Elected 15 June and consecrated 1 November 1920; translated to Armagh Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) The Anglican Archbishop of Armagh is the ecclesiastical head of the Church of Ireland, the metropolitan of the Province of Armagh and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Armagh....  27 April 1938
1938	1940	Ford Tichbourne	Elected 1 March and consecrated 24 June 1938; died 18 February 1940
1940	1961	John Percy Phair	Elected 13 March and consecrated 11 June 1940; resigned 31 December 1961
1962	1977	Henry Robert McAdoo	Elected 31 January and consecrated 11 March 1962; translated to Dublin Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland) The Archbishop of Dublin is the title of the senior cleric who presides over the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough in the Church of Ireland...  19 April 1977
In 1977, the see became part of the united bishopric of Cashel and Ossory Bishop of Cashel and Ossory The Bishop of Cashel and Ossory is the Ordinary of the United Diocese of Cashel, Waterford and Lismore with Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in the Church of Ireland...