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 Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in
Ancient stone cathedra of the Bishops of Ossory in St Canice's Cathedral.
St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, the episcopal seat of the pre-Reformation and Church of Ireland bishops.
St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny, the episcopal seat of the Catholic Church bishops
List of bishops up to 1386. Note the change from Gaelic names to Norman and English names after the Norman conquest of Ireland
Laurence Forristal was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the Bishop of Ossory from 1981 to 2007.
Bishop of Ossory
…Appointed coadjutor bishop 24 July (and Titular Bishop of Dibon) and consecrated 23 September 1962; succeeded 10 January 1964; died 7 March 1981 1981 2007 Laurence Forristal Previously Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin 1979–1981 (Titular Bishop of Rotdon); appointed Bishop of Ossory 30 June 1981; retired 14 September 2007; died…
Forristal's grave on the grounds of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny