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Diocese of Derry and Raphoe The Diocese of Derry and Raphoe is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in the north-west of Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. Its geographical remit straddles two civil jurisdictions: in Northern Ireland, it covers all of ...

for the Anglican (Church of Ireland) counterpart The Diocese of Raphoe ( ; ga, Deoise Ráth Bhoth) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...

Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...

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. It is one of eight

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s in the inter-Irish primatial

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of the

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Archdiocese of Armagh.Archdiocese of Armagh
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Alan McGuckian Alexander Aloysius "Alan" McGuckian SJ (born 26 February 1953) is an Irish Roman Catholic bishop and Jesuit. Since 2017, he has been the Bishop of Raphoe. He is Ireland's first Jesuit bishop. Early life and family Born in 1953 in Cloughmills, C ...

was appointed

Bishop of Raphoe The Bishop of Raphoe ( ) is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Raphoe in County Donegal, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bis ...

and was ordained to the episcopate on 5 August 2017.

History

* Established circa 700 as

Abbacy nullius A territorial abbey (or territorial abbacy) is a particular church of the Catholic Church comprising defined territory which is not part of a diocese but surrounds an abbey or monastery whose abbot or superior functions as ordinary for all Ca ...

of Raphoe / Rapoten(sis) (Latin) * Promoted in 1111 as Diocese of Raphoe / Rapoten(sis) (Latin).

Statistics and Geographic remit

The bishopric covers most of

apart from the

Inishowen Inishowen () is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. Inishowen is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland. The Inishowen peninsula includes Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head. The Grianan of Aileach, a ringfor ...

peninsula. The largest towns are

Ballyshannon Ballyshannon () is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is located at the southern end of the county where the N3 from Dublin ends and the N15 crosses the River Erne. Incorporated in 1613, it is one of the oldest towns in Ireland. Location B ...

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Letterkenny Letterkenny ( ga, Leitir Ceanainn , meaning 'hillside of the O'Cannons'), nicknamed 'the Cathedral Town', is the largest and most populous town in County Donegal, a county in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Letterkenny lies on the R ...

and

Stranorlar Stranorlar () is a town, townland and civil parish in the Finn Valley of County Donegal, in Ireland. Stranorlar and Ballybofey (located on the other side of the River Finn) form ''the Twin Towns''. Transport The town is located at the junctio ...

. As per 2014 it pastorally served 82,600 Catholics (91.1% of 90,700 total) on 4,030 km² (1555 sq. mi.) in 33 parishes with 85 priests (83 diocesan, 2 religious), 48 lay religious (4 brothers, 44 sisters) and 5 seminarians. The bishop's residence – ''Ard Adomnán'' – is in the town of

. It is located beside the Parochial House, near the

Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba St Eunan's Cathedral ( ), or the Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba as it is also known, is a cathedral in the parish of Conwal and Leck, part of the Diocese of Raphoe. Built between the years of 1890 and 1900, the cathedral is found in Lette ...

which is dedicated to the joint patrons of the diocese – Saints

Eunan Eunan ( ) is a common name: * Adomnán ( 679–704), abbot of Iona * Eunan O'Halpin, Irish academic * Eunan O'Kane (born 1990), Irish professional footballer * Eunan O'Neill (born 1982), Irish television presenter Eunan may also refer to: * S ...

(also known as Adomnán) and

Columba Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is toda ...

(also known as Columcille). The former Cathedral, once Cathedral of St Eunan, also in Raphoe, is now a Protestant church.

Episcopal ordinaries

;''Abbots Nullius of Raphoe'' : not available ? ;''Suffragan Bishops of Raphoe'' * ... first incumbent(s) unavailable ? * Gilla in Choimded Ua Caráin (Gilbert O’Caran) (1156?–1175), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

Armagh Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...

(Northern Ireland) (1175 – death 1180) * Máel Pátraic Ó Scannail (Patrick O’Scanlan),

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(O.P.) (1253.10 – 1261.11.05), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1261.11.05 – death 1270.03.16) * Giovanni de Alneto,

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(O.F.M.) (1263.12.03 – 1265.04.28) * Cairpre Ó Scuapa (1265 – death 1274) * Fergal Ó Firghil (Florentius O’Ferrell) (1275 – death 1299) * Énri Mac in Chrossáin (Henricus) (1306 – death 1319) * Tomás Mac Carmaic Uí Domnaill (1319 – death 1337) * Pádraig Mac Maonghaill (? – death 1367) * Conchobhar Mac Carmaic Uí Dhomhnaill (Cornelius) (1367.12.23 – retired 1397.02.21), died 1399 * Seoán Mac Meanmain,

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(O. Cist.) (1397.02.21 – ?) * Eóin Mac Carmaic (Johannes) (1400 – death 1419) * Lochlainn Ó Gallchobhair (Laurentius) (1420.02.28 – death 1438) * Cornelius Mac Giolla Bhrighde (1440.07.20 – death 1442) * Lochlainn Ó Gallchobhair (Laurentius) (1442.06.18 – death 1479) * Johannes de Rogeriis (1479.11.12 – death 1482) * Meanma Mac Carmaic (Menelaus Mac Carmacáin) (1482.11.04 – retired 1514.02.06), died 1515 * Cornelius O’Cahan (Conn Ó Cathláin) (1514.02.06 – retired 1534), died ?1550 * Edmund O’Gallagher (Éamonn Ó Gallchobhair) (1534.05.11 – death 1543.02.26) * Art O’Gallagher (1547.12.05 – death 1561.08.13) * Donald MacGongail (Donald McGonagle) (1562.01.28 – death 1589.09.29) * Niall O’Boyle (1591.08.09 – death 1611.02.06) * John O’Cullenan (1625.06.09 – death 1661.03.24) **''

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Fergus Laurence Lea (1694.02.18 – death 1696), while Bishop of

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

(Northern Ireland) (1694.02.08 – 1696 not possessed) * * ... * * James O'Gallagher (1725–1737) * Daniel O'Gallagher,

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(O.F.M.) (1737–1749) * Anthony O'Donnell, O.F.M. (1750–1755) * Nathaniel O'Donnell (1755–1758) * Philip O'Reilly (1759–1782) * Anthony Coyle (1782–1801), previously Coadjutor Bishop: Anthony Coyle (1777.04.27 – 1782) **

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: Fr. John McElvoy (1801.01.30 – 1801.09.20) * Peter McLaughlin (1802–1819) * Patrick McGettigan (1820–1861) *

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(1861–1870), previously Coadjutor Bishop: Daniel McGettigan (later Archbishop) (1856.02.29 – 1861.05.01) * James McDevitt (1871–1879) *

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(1879–1887) * Patrick O'Donnell (1888–1922) *

William MacNeely The Most Reverend William MacNeely was the Bishop of Raphoe from 1923 until 1963. Early life and education William MacNeely was born in Dec 1889; his father was a butcher in Donegal Town. MacNeely was educated at the High School in Letterkenny, ...

(1923–1963) * Anthony Columba McFeely (1965–1982) *

Séamus Hegarty Séamus Hegarty, D.D. (26 January 1940 – 20 September 2019) was an Irish Catholic prelate. He served as Bishop of Raphoe from 1982 to 1994, then as Bishop of Derry from 1994 to 2011. Early life and ministry Hegarty was born in Kilcar, County ...

(1982–1994) * Philip Boyce,

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(O.C.D.) (1995– 2017.06.09) *

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(S.J.) (2017.06.09 – ...)

References

External links

Diocese of Raphoe
(Official website)

Diocese of Raphoe
(Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference)

(Catholic-Hierarchy website)

(CatholicCity.com, from

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History

Statistics and Geographic remit

Episcopal ordinaries

See also

References

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