Fintan Gavin (born (1966-01-01)1 January 1966) is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Cork and Ross since 2019.
[2] Prior to his seminary formation in Holy Cross College, Gavin had begun training as a residential social worker in Our Lady's Hostel, Eccles Street, from September 1983 to August 1984.
During his seminary formation, he trained at Liberty Hall, the Northlands addiction treatment counselling centre in Derry, and St Patrick's University Hospital.
Gavin was appointed curate in Sacred Heart parish, Killinarden, Tallaght, in 1994, where he also served as a teacher at the local community school, while also gaining summer pastoral experience in Coram, New York between 1992 and 1995.
[2] Gavin moved to Rome in 1996 to complete a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1999, and subsequently a doctorate in 2002, with a specialisation in rotal jurisprudence.
[13] Ahead of the publication of a pastoral letter in August 2022 which outlined a restructuring of diocesan structures, Gavin stated in an interview with The Echo that while the Catholic Church had served Ireland well in some aspects, its previously dominant role in Irish society had led to corruption and a loss of focus on mission.