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The Bishop of Connor is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Connor in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The title is currently used by the Church of Ireland , but in the Roman Catholic Church it has been united with another bishopric.
The current Bishop of Connor is George Davison, who was elected on 17 February 2020 and consecrated a bishop on 3 September 2020. The previous bishop, Alan Francis Abernethy, retired on 31 December 2019. He was consecrated on Friday 29 June 2007 by the Archbishop of Armagh.
Church of Ireland Theological College George Thomas William Davison (born April 1965) is a priest of the Church of Ireland . [ 1 ] Since 2020, he has served as the Bishop of Connor .
McGuckian was appointed Bishop of Down and Connor by Pope Francis on 2 February 2024. In his first address following his appointment, he expressed his hope that the restoring of the Northern Ireland Executive would help the most vulnerable in society.
In 1983, with Dr Anthony Farquhar he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Down and Connor and was consecrated on 15 May by Bishop Cahal Daly, Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi and Bishop William Philbin. During the ordination ceremony, the assistant priests to Bishop Walsh were Fr Charles Agnew and Fr Hugh Crossin.
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.
Pages in category "Bishops of Down and Connor (Church of Ireland)" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1816 he was made rector of St Botolph's, Bishopsgate, and in 1820 became Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora, in Ireland. In 1823 he was translated to Down and Connor, and from 1842 was the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore when the two dioceses united. [2] Richard Mant died in Ballymoney, Ireland on 2 November 1848. [1]