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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 ...
In the Roman Catholic Church, the entirety of Northern Ireland is comprehended by the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. The eponymous archdiocese and five of its suffragan dioceses cover the area of Northern Ireland. The diocesan and archdiocesan boundaries are not coterminous with the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Roman Catholic bishops of Down and Connor (17 P) Pages in category "Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Bishop of Down and Connor: Church: Roman Catholic: Diocese: Down and Connor: Appointed: 2 February 2024: Installed: 14 April 2024: Predecessor: Noël Treanor: Previous post(s) Bishop of Raphoe Director of the Living Church Office and Director of Formation for the Permanent Diaconate for the Diocese of Down and Connor
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
Diocese of Down can refer to: . The present-day Church of Ireland united Diocese of Down and Dromore; The present-day Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor; The Diocese of Down, which in each church was formally a diocese under its own bishop and is now a constituent part of each of the united dioceses
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 church was quickly rebuilt and in 1662 St Thomas's was designated the cathedral church and episcopal seat of the United Diocese of Down and Connor by Charles II and renamed Christ Church Cathedral. Additional gallery seating was introduced in 1674 with access via a bell tower. The cathedral burned down a second time in 1707.