The Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore was the
Ordinary of the
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second ...
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
of
Down,
Connor and
Dromore; comprising all
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...
and
County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...
, including the city of
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
.
History
The
episcopal see
An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...
s of
Down and
Connor were united in 1442. After the
Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
, the
bishopric of Down and Connor continued until 1842 when they were amalgamated with the see of
Dromore to form the united see of Down, Connor and Dromore. Since 1945, the see has been separated into the
bishopric of Down and Dromore and the
bishopric of Connor.
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List of bishops
See also
*List of Anglican diocesan bishops in Britain and Ireland
This article lists Diocesan Bishops and Archbishops in the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of Ireland.
In the Church of England
;Province of Canterbury
*Archbishop of Canterbury
*Bishop of Lo ...
*List of Anglican dioceses in the United Kingdom and Ireland
The following lists the Anglican dioceses in the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of Ireland. For a list of all dioceses worldwide see List of Anglican dioceses.
Church of England
Church in ...
*List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ireland
This is a comprehensive list of Roman Catholic dioceses in the island of Ireland. Roman Catholicism in Ireland comprises only a Latin rite hierarchy, encompassing both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, having been unaffected by the ...
References
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Down, Connor and Dromore
Down, Connor and Dromore
Religion in County Antrim
Religion in County Down
Bishops of Down, Connor and Dromore
Bishops of Down or Connor or of Dromore