Bishop Ger Nash - Taking over the Diocese of Ossory - 18/09/26

The KCLR Daily with Brian Redmond · Sep 18, 2026 · 21m

Bishop Ger Nash chats to Brian . He formally succeeded Bishop Niall Coll in the Diocese of Ossory last Sunday afternoon. Bishop Nash was installed by Archbishop Dermot Farrell at a ceremony in St Mary’s Cathedral. Bishop Gerard Nash was born in 1959 in Tulla, Co Clare. He studied business and then worked in manufacturing industry for a number of years, subsequently choosing to study for the priesthood with the Diocese of Killaloe in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth. He was ordained a priest in 1991. On 11 June 2021, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Ferns. When Bishop Niall Coll departed…