The Diocese of Kerry (Irish: Deoise Chiarraí) is a Roman Catholic diocese in south-western Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel (also known as Munster) and is subject to the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly. The diocese was established in the early 12th century as the Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe. It changed its name to the Diocese of Kerry on 20 December 1952. The cathedral church of the diocese is St Mary’s Cathedral.
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Republic of Ireland
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Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe in the early 12th century renamed Diocese of Kerry on 20 December 1952
