Neil Conway (1670–1738) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Conway was born in

Ballinascreen Draperstown ()Toner, Gregory. ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland'', p. 85. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996; is a village in the Sperrin Mountains in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Ballinascreen an ...

County Londonderry County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster. B ...

and ordained a priest in 1697. He served as Bishop of Derry from his consecration in 1727 until his death on 6 January 1738., ''The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 1'', p. 230 and 320. He received the degree of

Doctor of Divinity A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity. In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral degree. At the University of Oxford, doctors of divinity are ran ...

(DD). He was buried at Moneyconey.Parish of Ballinascreen
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1670 births 1738 deaths 18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Roman Catholic bishops of Derry Year of birth unknown Christian clergy from County Londonderry {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub