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In 1944, therefore Connor Diocese was split off from the other two. St. Anne's Cathedral, Belfast built in 1905 to serve as a single cathedral for the Diocese, theoretically running alongside, but in practice replacing the existing cathedrals in Lisburn, Downpatrick and Dromore, saw two bishops of two distinct dioceses have stalls in the ...
The Diocese of Connor, Territory of Dalriada, was established in the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111. The diocese itself was erected in 480. [ 1 ] Tradition holds that St. Patrick herded sheep on Slemish , in the heart of the Diocese, when first brought to Ireland as a slave.
Only two dioceses are entirely contained within Northern Ireland: Down and Connor and the Diocese of Dromore. Three dioceses and the Archdiocese of Armagh straddle the border. The Archdiocese and its suffragans are all part of the Episcopal conference of 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 ...
Secondly, the Diocese of Galway was created in 1831 following the abolition of the Wardenship of Galway. James Butler 2nd, the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly (1774–91), [ 1 ] on being appointed by Rome moved his residence and cathedra from Cashel, favouring Thurles instead, where his successors continue to reign today.
Promoted in 1111 as Diocese of Connor / Connoren(sis) (Latin) at the synod of Rathbreasail, which replaced the territorial abbeys with stable dioceses, including Down and Connor, unlike the extinct minor sees; Connor was assigned as canonical territory Dalriada, as confirmed at the synod of Kells in 1152, Conor having been in personal union ...
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The Diocese of Down and Connor can refer to: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor; The former Church of Ireland diocese of Down and Connor is now partly the Diocese of Connor (Church of Ireland) and partly incorporated within the united Diocese of Down and Dromore