Two more Irish dioceses united ‘in persona episcopi’

The latest union is the first outside of the West of Ireland

Pope Leo XIV approved the union of two more Irish dioceses under a single bishop Wednesday.

A map highlighting Ireland’s dioceses of Ferns, left, and Ossory. Sheila1988 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Vatican announced July 29 that Bishop Gerard Nash, who has led the Diocese of Ferns since 2021, would also serve as the Bishop of Ossory, uniting the neig…