Resignation of bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland, and appointment of successor

The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland, presented by H.E. Msgr. John Buckley.

The Pope has appointed as bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland, the Rev. Fintan Gavin, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Dublin, currently archiepiscopal chancellor.

The bishop-elect was born in Dublin in 1966, and was ordained a priest in 1991. He holds a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

He has served in a number of roles, including chaplain and professor at the Saint Gerard School in Bray, and the Community School of Killinarden. Upon returning from Rome he was chaplain, assistant priest in the chancery of the archdiocese, and since 2017, chancellor of the Chancery of the archdiocese of Dublin.