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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m B i s h o p o f D o w n & C o n n o r )
Latin Catholic diocese in Northern Ireland
The Diocese of Down and Connor , (Latin : Dioecesis Dunensis et Connorensis ; Irish : Deoise an Dúin agus Chonaire ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Ireland . It is one of eight suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Armagh . Bishop Alan McGuckian is Bishop.
Territorial remit [ edit ]
The territorial remit of the diocese includes much of counties Antrim and Down , including the cities of Belfast , Lisburn and Bangor , and the large towns Antrim , Ballymena , Carrickfergus , Downpatrick , Holywood , Larne 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%.[1] Archdiocese of Dublin ).[1]
History [ edit ]
St Fergus (died 583) is named as first Bishop of Down. The Diocese of Connor was founded in 480 by St Macnissi , and St Malachy was bishop there (1124). The dioceses of Down and Connor were permanently joined in 1439.
In 1670, as an effect of the Reformation , wars , 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 Catholic Emancipation , an estimated forty new churches were built. The progress thus made under William Crolly (1825–1835) and Cornelius Denvir (1835–65) was continued, as Belfast expanded as a city, under Patrick Dorrian (1865–86) and Patrick MacAlister (1886–95) and Henry Henry (1895–1908).
Diocesan statistics [ edit ]
Number of Catholics = 329,243
Number of parishes = 86 [2]
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 = 8 [2]
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 = 4,096 [2]
First communions = 4,740 [2]
Confirmations = 5,207 [2]
Marriages = 1,250
(The Down and Connor Directory)
City parishes [ edit ]
Listed are city parishes listed by the Diocese of Down and Connor.
St Patrick's Church, Belfast / Pro-Cathedral, Donegall Street, Belfast[4]
Christ the Redeemer, Lagmore [5]
Corpus Christi, Ballymurphy, Belfast
St. Patrick's, Derriaghy [6]
Drumbo & Carryduff [7]
Hannahstown [8]
Holy Cross , Ardoyne [9]
Holy Family, Newington[10]
Holy Rosary, Ormeau Road [11]
Holy Trinity, Turf Lodge
Loughshore - Three parishes: St Mary’s Greencastle, County Antrim , Star of The Sea Whitehouse, County Antrim and St James’, Whiteabbey [12]
Nativity, Poleglass [13]
Our Lady Queen of Peace, Kilwee
Sacred Heart, Glenview Street, Oldpark Road, Belfast
St Agnes', Andersonstown Road, Belfast[14]
St Anne's, Kingsway/Upper Lisburn Road, Belfast[15]
St Anthony's, Willowfield, Woodstock Road, Belfast[16]
St Bernadette's, Rosetta Road, Castlereagh [17]
St Brigid's, Malone Road, Belfast[18]
St Colmcille's, Ballyhackamore and Dundonald areas of East Belfast[19]
St Gerard's, Antrim Road, Belfast[20]
St John's, Falls Road , Belfast[21]
St Luke's, Twinbrook
St Malachy's , Alfred Street, Belfast[22]
St Mary's , Chapel Lane, Belfast[23]
St Mary's-On-The-Hill, Glengormley [24]
St Matthew's, Bryson Street, Belfast[25]
St Michael The Archangel, Finaghy Road North, Belfast
St Oliver Plunkett, Glenveagh Drive, Glen Road, Belfast[26]
St Paul's, Falls Road , Belfast
St Teresa's, Glen Road, Belfast[27]
St. Therese of Lisieux, Somerton Road, Belfast
St Vincent De Paul, Ligoniel [28]
Country parishes [ edit ]
Listed are country parishes listed by the Diocese of Down and Connor.
Ahoghill (St Marys Church; Ballynafie Road, Ahoghill)
Antrim (St Comgall's and St Joseph's)[30]
Armoy (St. Olcan's)
Ballintoy (St Mary's and St Joseph's)
Ballycastle (St Patrick's & St Brigid's)[31]
Ballyclare & Ballygowan (Sacred Heart)[32]
Ballygalget (St Patrick's Church)
Ballymena /Kirkinriola (All Saints and St Patrick's)[33]
Ballymoney & Derrykeighan (Our Lady & St Patrick's)[34]
Bangor (St Comgall's, Bangor; Most Holy Redeemer, Ballyholme; St Comgall's, Donaghadee)[35]
Carnlough (St John the Evangelist)[36]
Carrickfergus (St Nicholas')[37]
Castlewellan (under the patronage of St Malachy ]
Coleraine
Crossgar [38]
Culfeightrin (Ballyvoy )
Cushendall (St Patrick's) & Cushendun (St Patrick's, Craigagh & St Mary's "Star of the Sea", Culraney)
Downpatrick (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
Duneane (Moneyglass & Toome )
Dunloy & Cloughmills
Dunsford & Ardglass (St Nicholas’, Ardglass; St Mary’s, Dunsford)
Glenariff [39]
Glenarm [40]
Glenavy & Killead [41]
Glenravel & The Braid
Holywood [42]
Kilcoo (St Malachy’s)
Killough (St Patrick’s, Legamaddy; St Joseph’s, Killough; Star of the Sea, Rossglass)
Killyleagh [38]
Kircubbin [43]
Larne [44]
Lisburn (under the patronage of St Patrick ) [45]
Loughguile
Loughinisland (St Macartan’s)
Lower Mourne
Newcastle /Maghera (Our Lady of the Assumption, Newcastle; St Patrick's, Bryansford)[46]
Newtownards & Comber (St Patrick's Newtownards; Our Lady of the Visitation, Comber)[47]
Portaferry (St Patrick’s, Ballyphilip; St Cooey’s, Portaferry)[48]
Portglenone (Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate)[49]
Portrush (St Patrick's)[50]
Portstewart (St Mary's Star of the Sea)[51]
Randalstown (St MacNissi's)[52]
Rasharkin (St Mary's)[53]
Saintfield & Carrickmannon
Saul & Ballee (St Patrick's, Saul; St Joseph's, Downpatrick; St Tassach's, Carlin)[54]
Strangford (Star of the Sea)
Upper Mourne
Ad limina visit 2006[ edit ]
Bishop Patrick Walsh , Bishop Anthony Farquhar and Bishop Donal McKeown met with Pope Benedict XVI on the first morning of their visit. They spoke with the Pope for 20 minutes privately in which they discussed things like education, child sexual abuse , peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland .[55]
Ad limina visit 2017[ edit ]
Bishop Treanor joined other Irish bishops in February 2017 for the ad limina [56] Pope Francis , rather the Pontiff spoke with the bishops together.[57]
Previous bishops [ edit ]
Ordinaries
The following is a basic list of the Roman Catholic bishops and vicars apostolic .[58] [59]
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)
Miler Magrath , 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)
Heber MacMahon (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 (1825–1835)
Cornelius Denvir (1835–1865)
Patrick Dorrian (1865–1885)
Patrick MacAlister (1886–1895)
Henry Henry (1895–1908)
John Tohill (1908–1914)
Joseph MacRory (1915–1928)
Daniel Mageean (1929–1962)
William Philbin (1962–1982)
Cahal Brendan Daly (1982–1990)
Patrick Joseph Walsh (1991–2008)
Noel Treanor (2008–2022)
Auxiliary bishops
Patrick Walsh (May 1983 – 1991)
Anthony Farquhar (May 1983 – December 2015)
Michael Dallat (1993–2000)
Donal McKeown (2001–2014)
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "St. Peter's Cathedral, Belfast" . St. Peter's Cathedral, Belfast . Retrieved 2 July 2020 .
^ "St. Patrick's Church" . St. Patrick's Church . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "Christ the Redeemer" . Lisburn.com . Retrieved 29 June 2020 .
^ "St. Patrick's Church" . Lisburn.com . Retrieved 29 June 2020 .
^ "Parish of Drumbo & Carryduff" . Local Prayers . Retrieved 29 June 2020 .
^ "Hannahstown Parish" . Hannahstown Parish . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "Holy Cross Parish, Ardoyne" . Holy Cross Parish, Ardoyne . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "Holy Family Parish, Newington" . Holy Family Parish, Newington . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "Holy Rosary Parish, Belfast" . Holy Rosary Parish, Belfast . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "Loughshore Parishes" . Loughshore Parishes . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "Church of the Nativity" . Lisburn.com . Retrieved 29 June 2020 .
^ "St. Agnes' Parish, Belfast" . St. Agnes' Parish, Belfast . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "Saint Anne's Parish" . Saint Anne's Parish . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "St Anthony's Catholic Church" . St Anthony's Catholic Church . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "St. Bernadette's Church" . St. Bernadette's Church . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "St Brigid's Parish, Belfast" . S Brigid's Parish, Belfast . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "St. Comcille's" . St. Colmcille's . Retrieved 29 June 2020 .
^ "St Gerard's Parish" . St Gerard's Parish . Retrieved 29 June 2020 .
^ "St. John's, Falls Road" . St. John's, Falls Road . Retrieved 29 June 2020 .
^ "St. Malachy's Parish" . St. Malachy's Parish . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "St. Mary's Parish, Belfast" . St. Mary's Parish, Belfast . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "St. Marys-on-the-hill Parish" . St. Mary's-on-the-hill Parish . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "St Matthew's Parish" . Local Prayers . Retrieved 29 June 2020 .
^ "St. Oliver Plunkett Parish" . St. Oliver Plunkett Parish . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "St. Teresa's Parish" . St. Teresa's Parish . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "St Vincent De Paul, Ligoniel" . St Vincent De Paul, Ligoniel . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "Aghagallon and Ballinderry Parish" . Aghagallon & Ballinderry Parish . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Antrim Parish" . Antrim Parish . Retrieved 29 June 2020 .
^ "Ballycastle Parish" . Ballycastle Parish . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Ballyclare and Ballygowan Parish" . Ballyclare and Ballygowan Parish . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Ballymena Parish" . Ballymena Parish . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Ballymoney Parish" . Ballymoney Parish . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Parish of Bangor" . Parish of Bangor . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Parish of St John the Evangelist, Carnlough" . Parish of St John the Evangelist, Carnlough . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Carrickfergus Parish" . Carrickfergus Parish . Retrieved 2 July 2020 .
^ a b "Parishes of Kilmore & Killyleagh - Home" .
^ "Glenariffe Parish – St Patrick's and St Brigid's, Glenariffe" .
^ "Carnlough and Glenarm Parishes - Down and Connor Diocese" .
^ "Home - Glenavy and Killead Parish" .
^ "St Colmcille's Holywood" .
^ "Parish Of Ardkeen" .
^ "Home | larne-parish" .
^ "St Patrick's Church | PARISH OF BLARIS - LISBURN" .
^ "Parish of Maghera" . Parish of Maghera . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Parish of Newtownards and Comber" . Parish of Newtownards and Comber . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Portaferry Parish" . Portaferry Parish . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Parish of Portglenone" . Parish of Portglenone . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "St Patrick's Church" . St Patrick's Church . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Portstewart Parish" . Portstewart Parish . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "St MacNissi's Church" . St MacNissi's Church . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "St Mary's Parish" . St Mary's Parish . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Saul & Ballee Parish" . Saul & Ballee Parish . Retrieved 30 June 2020 .
^ "Bishops' Ad Limina Pilgrimage 2006" .
^ "Audiences" .
^ " . 19 March 2017.
^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 423–424. ISBN 0-521-56350-X
^ Diocese of Down and Connor . Catholic Hierarchy . Retrieved on 26 August 2009.
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