The Diocese of Down and Connor, ( ga, Deoise an Dúin agus Chonaire) is a

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of the

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. It is one of eight suffragan dioceses in the

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of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Armagh. The See is

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; Archbishop

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is currently the

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pending the appointment of a new bishop.

Territorial remit

The territorial remit of the diocese includes much of

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Antrim and Down, including the cities of

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and Lisburn and the large towns Antrim, Ballymena, Bangor,

Carrickfergus Carrickfergus ( , meaning " Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 27,998 at the 2011 Census. It is County Antrim's oldest ...

Downpatrick Downpatrick () is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Lecale peninsula, about south of Belfast. In the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the Dál Fiatach, the main ruling dynasty of Ulaid. Its cathedral is said to be the b ...

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and Newtownards. The population of the diocese is about one million, of which approximately 30% are Roman Catholic with Sunday mass attendance estimated at 20%. There are currently 88 parishes and ministries in the diocese served by fewer than 100 priests, though the significance of individual parishes has been overtaken by the development of 'pastoral communities'. The diocese is Ireland's second largest in terms of population (after the Archdiocese of Dublin).

History

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(died 583) is named as first Bishop of Down. The Diocese of Connor was founded in 480 by St Macnissi, and

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was bishop there (1124). The dioceses of Down and Connor were permanently joined in 1439. In 1670, as an effect of the

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, and penal laws, in the whole of Down and Connor there were only 2,500 Catholic families. When at length the pressure of penal legislation was removed Catholicism revived rapidly. In the period 1810–1840, a period of relaxation of the penal laws culminating in

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, an estimated forty new churches were built. The progress thus made under Dr Crolly (1825–1835) and Dr Denvir (1835–65) was continued, as Belfast expanded as a city, under Dr Dorrian (1865–86) and Dr MacAlister (1886–95) and Dr Henry (1895–1908).

Current episcopate

was the 32nd Bishop of Down and Connor. He was ordained to the episcopate and installed as Bishop of Down and Connor on 29 June 2008. His successor has yet to be named by the

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. Priests in Down and Connor serve in parish ministry, school chaplaincy, hospital chaplaincy, youth work, prison chaplaincy, teacher training colleges and teach in post-primary schools. At the Diocesan Congress in 2013 Bishop Treanor launched a review to ensure pastoral activities within the diocese matched current resources. To that end a review of pastoral structures was initiated which drew on the 2011 census. Draft new pastoral communities were presented to the clergy in three meetings and then to the lay faithful. Significantly influencing the structures for the future was a regular practice rate across the diocese of 20% which suggested a greater sharing of personnel, skills and finances. In October 2018, Bishop Treanor ordained the first

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s for service in the diocese.

Diocesan statistics

* Number of Catholics = 329,243 * Number of parishes = 88 * Number of churches = 151 * Number of priests in diocesan ministry = 131 * Number of permanent deacons in ministry (2018) = 9 * Number ordained (2018) = 1 * Number of retired priests = 44 * Seminarians = 16 * Number of brothers = 30 * Number of sisters = 243 * St. Mary's College of Education on roll = 994 * Number of primary & nursery schools = 164 (on roll = 32,306) * Number of grammar schools = 12 (on roll = 10,795) * Number of secondary school = 31 (on roll = 15,621) * Baptisms = 5,078 * First communions = 4,533 * Confirmations = 4,730 * Marriages = 1,250 (The Down and Connor Directory)

City parishes

Listed are city parishes listed by the Diocese of Down and Connor. * St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast * St Patrick's Church, Belfast / Pro-Cathedral, Donegall Street, Belfast * Christ the Redeemer, Lagmore * Corpus Christi, Ballymurphy, Belfast * St. Patrick's,

Derriaghy Derriaghy, (; also known as Derryaghy), (), is a townland (of 538 acres) and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, south-west of Belfast city centre. The townland is situated in the historic barony of Belfast Upper and the civil par ...

Drumbo Drumbo () is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about south of Belfast city centre, east of Lisburn and west of Carryduff. It is in the historic barony of Castlereagh Upper. The townland has an ...

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Hannahstown Hannahstown is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the outskirts of Belfast. It gives its name to a townland, parish and a suburb of Belfast. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011 it had a population of 6,498. History ...

* Holy Cross,

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* Holy Family, Newington * Holy Rosary,

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* Holy Trinity, Turf Lodge * Loughshore - Three parishes: St Mary’s Greencastle, County Antrim, Star of The Sea Whitehouse, County Antrim and St James’,

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* Nativity,

Poleglass Poleglass () is an area of west Belfast in Northern Ireland. It is the name of a townland, a modern electoral ward, and a housing estate. The townland is situated in the civil parish of Derriaghy and the historic Barony of Belfast Upper. It is m ...

* Our Lady Queen of Peace, Kilwee * Sacred Heart, Glenview Street, Oldpark Road, Belfast * St Agnes', Andersonstown Road, Belfast * St Anne's, Kingsway/Upper Lisburn Road, Belfast * St Anthony's, Willowfield, Woodstock Road, Belfast * St Bernadette's, Rosetta Road, Castlereagh * St Brigid's, Malone Road, Belfast * St Colmcille's, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast * St Gerard's, Antrim Road, Belfast * St John's, Falls Road, Belfast * St Luke's, Twinbrook * St Malachy's, Alfred Street, Belfast * St Mary's, Chapel Lane, Belfast * St Mary's-On-The-Hill,

Glengormley Glengormley () is the name of a townland (of 215 acres) and electoral ward in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Glengormley is within the urban area of Newtownabbey and the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. It is also situated in the ...

* St Matthew's, Bryson Street, Belfast * St Michael The Archangel, Finaghy Road North, Belfast * St Oliver Plunkett, Glenveagh Drive, Glen Road, Belfast * St Paul's, Falls Road, Belfast * St Teresa's, Glen Road, Belfast * St. Therese of Lisieux, Somerton Road, Belfast * St Vincent De Paul, Ligoniel

Country parishes

Listed are country parishes listed by the Diocese of Down and Connor. *

Aghagallon Aghagallon () is a small village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is about three miles northeast of Lurgan and had a population of 824 in the 2001 Census. Aghagallon has mainly developed along Aghalee Road in a linear ...

Ballinderry Ballinderry () is a small civil and ecclesiastical parish on both sides of the County Londonderry / County Tyrone border in Northern Ireland. It is a rural parish of about 350 houses and lies on the western shores of Lough Neagh. The parish c ...

(St Patrick's) * Ahoghill (St Marys Church; Ballynafie Road, Ahoghill) * Antrim (St Comgall's and St Joseph's) *

Armoy Armoy () is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is 5.5 miles (9 km) southwest of Ballycastle and 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Ballymoney. According to an estimate in 2013 by the Northern Irelan ...

(St. Olcan's) *

Ballintoy Ballintoy () is a small village, townland (of 274 acres) and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is alongside the B15 coast road, north-east of Coleraine, west of Ballycastle and between it and Bushmills. It is in the historic ...

(St Mary's and St Joseph's) * Ballycastle (St Patrick's & St Brigid's) *

Ballyclare Ballyclare () is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 9,953 according to the 2011 census, and is located within the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. It sits on the river Six Mile Water. The town ...

& Ballygowan (Sacred Heart) * Ballygalget (St Patrick's Church) * Ballymena/Kirkinriola (All Saints and St Patrick's) *

Ballymoney Ballymoney ( ga, Baile Monaidh , meaning 'townland of the moor') is a small town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area. The civil parish of Ballymoney is situated i ...

& Derrykeighan (Our Lady & St Patrick's) * Bangor (St Comgall's, Bangor; Most Holy Redeemer, Ballyholme; St Comgall's, Donaghadee) *

Carnlough Carnlough ( ; ) is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in Mid and East Antrim district, as well the historic Barony (Ireland), barony of Glenarm Lower, and the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parishes of Ardclinis and Tic ...

(St John the Evangelist) *

(St Nicholas') * Castlewellan (under the patronage of

] * Coleraine *

Crossgar Crossgar () is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about south of Belfast – between Saintfield and Downpatrick. Crossgar had a population 1,892 people in the 2011 UK Census. History Crossgar has had an inter ...

* Culfeightrin (

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Cushendall Cushendall (), formerly known as Newtownglens, is a coastal village and townland (of 153 acres) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located in the historic barony of Glenarm Lower and the civil parish of Layd, and is part of Causeway Coas ...

(St Patrick's) &

Cushendun Cushendun () is a small coastal village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits off the A2 road (Northern Ireland), A2 coast road between Cushendall and Ballycastle, County Antrim, Ballycastle. It has a sheltered harbor, harbour and lies at t ...

(St Patrick's, Craigagh & St Mary's "Star of the Sea", Culraney) *

(St Patrick’s, Downpatrick; St Malachy’s, Ballykilbeg; St Brigid’s, Rathkeltair; St Colmcille’s) * Drumaroad & Clanvaraghan (St John the Baptist; Our Lady of the Angels) * Dundrum &

Tyrella Tyrella () is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Lecale Upper. Townlands Tyrella civil parish contains the following townlands: *Carrickinab *Clanmaghery *Commons of Clanmaghery *Glovet *Tyr ...

Duneane Duneane is a civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Toome Upper and contains the town of Toome. The name derives from the Irish: ''Dun Ean'' (fort of the birds). The parish is bounded by County ...

(

Moneyglass Moneyglass () is a hamlet and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Moneyglass is near Toome and Lough Beg. It had a population of 103 people (38 households) in the 2011 Census. (2001 Census: 90 people) People *Champion National Hunt jo ...

Toome Toome or Toomebridge () is a small village and townland on the northwest corner of Lough Neagh in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies in the civil parish of Duneane in the former barony of Toome Upper, and is in the Antrim and Newtownabbe ...

) * Dunloy &

Cloughmills Cloughmills or Cloghmills ( ) is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Ballymoney is 9 miles to the north-west and Ballymena is 10 miles to the south. It had a population of 1,309 people in the 2011 Census. It is in Causeway Coast and ...

* Dunsford &

Ardglass Ardglass () is a coastal fishing village, townland (of 321 acres) and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland, in the historic barony of Lecale Lower. It is still a relatively important fishing harbour. It is situated on the B1 Ardg ...

(St Nicholas’, Ardglass; St Mary’s, Dunsford) *

Glenariff Glenariff or Glenariffe ( or ) is a valley in 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 Lou ...

Glenarm Glenarm () is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies on the North Channel coast north of the town of Larne and the village of Ballygalley, and south of the village of Carnlough. It is situated in the civil parish of Tickmacreva ...

Glenavy Glenavy () is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 17 kilometres north west of Lisburn on the banks of the Glenavy River. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 5,697 people. In early documents it was known as Lena ...

& Killead * Glenravel & The Braid *

* Kilcoo (St Malachy’s) *

Killough Killough ( ; ) is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the Irish Sea shore near Ardglass, five miles southeast of Downpatrick. It is a conservation area notable for its sycamore-lined main street. In the 2001 Censu ...

(St Patrick’s, Legamaddy; St Joseph’s, Killough; Star of the Sea, Rossglass) *

Killyleagh Killyleagh (; ) is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the A22 road between Belfast and Downpatrick, on the western side of Strangford Lough. It had a population of 2,483 people in the 2001 Census. It is b ...

Kircubbin Kircubbin is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village had a population of 1,153 people in the 2011 Census. History The settlement was originally known as Kilcubin, which is thought to come from Irish ''Cill Ghobáin' ...

* Lisburn (under the patronage of St Patrick) *

Loughguile Loughguile ( ; ), also spelt Loughgiel or Loughgeel, is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Situated 8 miles east of Ballymoney it is within the Causeway Coast and Glens Council area, and is at the edge of the Glens of A ...

Loughinisland Loughinisland ( , ) is a small village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is between Downpatrick and Ballynahinch, about 21 miles (34 kilometres) south of Belfast. History The village of Loughinisland grew up in the townl ...

(St Macartan’s) * Lower Mourne *

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/Maghera (Our Lady of the Assumption, Newcastle; St Patrick's, Bryansford) * Newtownards &

Comber Comber ( , , locally ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish of Comber and the historic barony of Ca ...

(St Patrick's Newtownards; Our Lady of the Visitation, Comber) *

Portaferry Portaferry () is a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland, at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to Strangford Lough. It is home to the Exploris aquarium and is well known for the annual Gala Week Flo ...

(St Patrick’s, Ballyphilip; St Cooey’s, Portaferry) *

Portglenone Portglenone (from ga, Port Chluain Eoghain , meaning 'landing place of Eoghan's meadow') is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies 8.5 miles (14 km) west of Ballymena. It had a population of 1,174 people in ...

(Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate) *

Portrush Portrush () is a small seaside resort town on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It neighbours the resort of Portstewart. The main part of the old town, including the railway station as well as most hotels, restaurants and bars, ...

(St Patrick's) *

Portstewart Portstewart () is a small town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 8,003 people in the 2011 Census. It is a seaside resort neighbouring Portrush. Its harbour and scenic coastal paths form an Atlantic promenade lead ...

(St Mary's Star of the Sea) *

Randalstown Randalstown is a townland and small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, between Antrim and Toome. It has a very prominent disused railway viaduct and lies beside Lough Neagh and the Shane's Castle estate. The town is bypassed by the ...

(St MacNissi's) * Rasharkin (St Mary's) *

Saintfield Saintfield () is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about halfway between Belfast and Downpatrick on the A7 road. It had a population of 3,381 in the 2011 Census, made up mostly of commuters working in both south ...

& Carrickmannon *

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& Ballee (St Patrick's, Saul; St Joseph's, Downpatrick; St Tassach's, Carlin) * Strangford (Star of the Sea) *Upper Mourne

''Ad limina'' visit 2006

Bishop Patrick Walsh, Bishop Anthony Farquhar and Bishop Donal McKeown met with

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on the first morning of their visit. They spoke with the Pope for 20 minutes privately in which they discussed things like education,

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, peace and reconciliation in

''Ad limina'' visit 2017

Bishop Treanor joined other Irish bishops in February 2017 for the '' ad limina'' visit. Unlike previous visits there were no private meetings with diocesan bishops and

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, rather the Pontiff spoke with the bishops together.

Previous bishops

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''Catholic Hierarchy''. Retrieved on 26 August 2009. * John Fossade (1442–1450) * Thomas Knight. O.S.B. (1453–1469) * Tadhg Ó Muirgheasa (1469–1480) * Tiberio Ugolino (1483–1519) * Robert Blyth, O.S.B. (1520–1539) * Eugene Magennis (1539–1559) *

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, O.F.M. (1565–1580) * Donat O'Gallagher, O.F.M. (1580–1581) * Bl. Conor O'Devany, O.F.M. (1582–1612) * ''(Patrick Hanratty, vicar apostolic, 1614–1625)'' * Edmund Dungan (1625–1629) * Hugh Magennis, O.F.M. (1630–1640) * ''(See vacant, 1640–1642)'' *

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(1642–1643) * Arthur Magennis, O.Cist. (1647–1653) * ''(Michael O'Beirn, vicar apostolic, 1657–1670)'' * Daniel Mackey (1671–1673) * ''(See vacant, 1673–1711)'' * ''(Terence O'Donnelly, vicar apostolic, 1711–unknown)'' * James O'Shiel, O.F.M. (1717–1724) * John Armstrong (1727–1739) * Francis Stuart, O.F.M. (1740–1749) * Edmund O'Doran (1751–1760) * Theophilus MacCartan (1760–1778) * Hugh MacMullan (1779–1794) * Patrick MacMullan (1794–1824) *

William Crolly William Crolly (8 June 1780 – 8 April 1849) was the Bishop of Down and Connor from 1825 to 1835, and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh from 1835 to 1849. Early life and education A native of Ballykilbeg near Downpatrick, Crolly w ...

(1825–1835) * Cornelius Denvir (1835–1865) * Patrick Dorrian (1865–1885) *

Patrick MacAlister Patrick McAlister (1826–1895) was an Irish Roman Catholic Prelate and 24th Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. Education and Priestly Ministry McAlister was born in Bonecastle, parish of Down, and was baptised by Fr Cornelius Denvir (afterwards ...

(1886–1895) *

Henry Henry Henry Henry (22 May 1846 – 8 March 1908) was an Irish Roman Catholic Prelate and from 1895 until 1908 he held the title Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. He was known for his energy and zeal, as well as his overt activism in local politics, fou ...

(1895–1908) *

John Tohill John Tohill (1855–1914) was an Irish Roman Catholic Prelate and 26th Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. He was born in Gortmacrane County Londonderry, on 23 December 1855 to Anthony Tohill and Alice (née Convery) Tohill. He studied Classic ...

(1908–1914) *

Joseph MacRory Joseph Cardinal MacRory ( ga, Seosamh Mac Ruairí; 19 March 1861 – 13 October 1945) was an Irish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Armagh from 1928 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1929. ...

(1915–1928) *

Daniel Mageean Bishop Daniel Mageean D.D. 6 May 1882 – 17 January 1962 was an Irish Roman Catholic Prelate and until 1962 he held the title Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. Early life and priestly ministry Daniel Mageean was born in the townland of Darragh ...

(1929–1962) *

William Philbin William J. Philbin (26 January 1907 - 22 August 1991) was an Irish Roman Catholic Prelate. From July 1962 until his retirement, he held the title Bishop of Down and Connor. Early life and priestly ministry William Philbin was born in Kiltimag ...

(1962–1982) * Cahal Brendan Daly (1982–1990) *

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(1991–2008) *

(2008–2022) Auxiliary bishops * Patrick Dorrian (1860–1865) ( coadjutor) * Patrick Walsh (May 1983 – 1991) *

Anthony Farquhar Anthony J. Farquhar D.D., S.T.L., B.A. (born 6 September 1940) is the Catholic emeritus Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Down and Connor. Early life and ministry Anthony Farquhar was born and raised in South Belfast, Northern Ireland and ...

(May 1983 – December 2015) *

Michael Dallat Michael Dallat (11 June 1925 – 25 September 2000), D.D., M.A., S.T.L., was the Titular Bishop of Thala and Auxiliary Bishop of The Diocese of Down and Connor. Early life and study Bishop Dallat was a native of Ballycastle, one of several ...

(1993–2000) * Donal McKeown (2001–2014)

References

External links

Diocese of Down and Connor
(GCatholic.org)

– info from ''

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