This sections contains listings for former Bishops of the diocese. (When fully updated it will contain names of bishops who served in Cork, Ross and Cloyne in various combinations and sequences through history.) An overview in table format of the bishops since the mid 1600s is available here.
For information on the current bishop see the Bishop Buckley section.
Murphy, Most Rev. Michael
Date of Ordination: 19/6/1949
Lucey, Most Rev. Cornelius
Date of Ordination: 20/6/1927
Moynihan, Most Rev. Denis
Date of Ordination: 13/6/1909
Roche, Most Rev. James J.
Date of Ordination: 29/10/1893
Cohalan, Most Rev. Daniel
Date of Ordination: 25/7/1882
Casey, Most Rev. Patrick
Date of Ordination: 1896
Kelly, Most Rev. Denis
O’Callaghan, Most Rev. Alphonsus OP
Date of Ordination: 07/1863
Fitzgerald, Most Rev. William
Delany, Most Rev. William
Date of Ordination: 1827
O’Hea, Most Rev. Michael
Date of Ordination: 09/1834
Keane, Most Rev. William
Date of Ordination: 1828
Murphy, Most Rev. Timothy
Walsh, Most Rev. David
Murphy, Most Rev. John
Date of Ordination: 26/11/1796
Crotty, Most Rev. Bartholomew
Date of Ordination: 1792
Collins, Most Rev. Michael
Coppinger, Most Rev. William
Date of Ordination: 1780
Moylan, Most Rev. Francis
Date of Ordination: 11/6/1761
McCarthy, Rev. Dr. Florence
Date of Ordination: 1784
Butler, Most Rev. John
Date of Ordination: 20/12/1755
McKenna, Most Rev. Mathew
O Briain (O’Brien), Most Rev. Sean (John)
Date of Ordination: 1727
Walsh, Most Rev. Richard
McCarthy, Most Rev. Tadhg (Thaddeus)
McCarthy, Most Rev. Donough (Donnchadha)
Date of Ordination: 1674
Sleyne, Most Rev. John Baptist
Date of Ordination: 27/3/1663
Creagh, Most Rev. Peter
Barry, Most Rev. Robert
Tirry, Most Rev. William
Tanner, Most Rev. Edmund
Creagh, Most Rev. Dermot