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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.
On 17 February 2020, Davison was elected as the next Bishop of Connor. [7] He was consecrated a bishop on 3 September 2020 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh , during a service conducted under Covid-19 restrictions: the congregation numbered less than thirty. [ 8 ]
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 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.
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.
Alan Francis Abernethy [1] (born 12 April 1957) [2] is an Irish Anglican bishop, and former Bishop of Connor. [3]Educated at Grosvenor High School, Belfast, Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College Dublin, and ordained in 1981, [4] he began his ministry as Assistant Curate at St Elizabeth's, Dundonald.
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 .
McKeown was appointed auxiliary bishop-elect for the Diocese of Down and Connor and titular bishop of Cell Ausaille by Pope John Paul II on 21 February 2001, the first Irish bishop to be appointed in the third millennium. He was consecrated by the Bishop of Down and Connor, Patrick Walsh, on 29 April in St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast. [2]