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The then Monsignor Treanor was appointed Bishop of Down and Connor by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 February 2008. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was consecrated by the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland , Seán Brady , on 29 June in St Peter's Cathedral , Belfast . [ 5 ]
Diocese of Connor and Down [ edit ] Fr. Daniel Curran received a seven-year jail sentence in 1995 after admitting sex offences on nine young boys; [ 42 ] given an 18-month suspended sentence in 2005 for indecently assaulting a 10th boy in the 1980s; [ 42 ] in 2006 he received a 14-month sentence after pleading guilty to five counts of indecent ...
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 ...
Over the centuries, numerous dioceses were merged, in view of declining membership. Until 1944, the dioceses of Down and Dromore were part of the United Dioceses of Down, Connor and Dromore. In 1944, the Diocese of Connor gained a separate existence under its own bishop. It is for this reason that the united diocese has three cathedrals.
Brendan Smyth O.Praem (8 June 1927 – 22 August 1997) was a Catholic priest and convicted sex offender from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who became notorious as a child molester, using his position in the Catholic Church to obtain access to his victims.
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
None of the Democratic attorneys general or governors from 2017 will be in the same job by the time Trump takes office on Jan. 20. The courts have also become more conservative since Trump took office — largely because of his efforts. Trump appointed 245 judges to federal courts, including three to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In the Church of Ireland, Down and Connor merged with Dromore in 1842 to form the bishopric of Down, Connor and Dromore. This arrangement continued until 1945 when the dioceses were separated into the bishoprics of Down & Dromore and Connor. [5] [6] In the Roman Catholic Church, the see of Down and Connor continues to the present day. Since the ...