The Diocese of Down and Connor, (; ) is a

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. It is one of eight

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of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Armagh. The diocese is led by Bishop

Alan McGuckian Alexander Aloysius "Alan" McGuckian, SJ (born 26 February 1953) is the 33rd Bishop of Down and Connor. Early life and education McGuckian was born on 26 February 1953 in Cloughmills, County Antrim, the youngest of six children to Brian McGuck ...

Territorial remit

The territorial remit of the diocese includes much of

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Antrim and Down, including the cities of Belfast,

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and Bangor, and the large towns Antrim,

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Downpatrick Downpatrick () is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Lecale peninsula, about south of Belfast. In the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the Dál Fiatach, the main ruling dynasty of Ulaid. Down Cathedral, Its cathedral is sai ...

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. The population of the diocese is about one million, of which approximately 30% are Catholic with Sunday Mass attendance is estimated at 20%. There are currently 88 parishes and ministries in the diocese served by fewer than 100 priests, though the significance of individual parishes has been overtaken by the development of 'pastoral communities'. The diocese is Ireland's second largest in terms of population, after the

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History

St Fergus (died 583) was the first Bishop of Down. The Diocese of Connor was founded in 480 at Connor, County Antrim, by Mac Nisse.

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later became bishop in 1124. The dioceses of Down and Connor were permanently joined in 1439. In 1670, as an effect of the

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, in the whole of Down and Connor there were only 2,500 Catholic families. When at length the pressure of penal legislation was removed Catholicism revived rapidly. In the period 1810–1840, a period of relaxation of the penal laws culminating in Catholic Emancipation, an estimated forty new churches were built, mostly in the rural parts of the diocese. This progress made under William Crolly (1825–1835) and Cornelius Denvir (1835–65) was continued as Belfast expanded as a city, under Patrick Dorrian (1865–86) and Patrick MacAlister (1886–95) and Henry Henry (1895–1908). A diocesan chapter was erected in December 1920 in line with the

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. At the time of Partition it was one of only two Catholic dioceses to be wholly inside the new jurisdiction of Northern Ireland, the Catholic population at the time being estimated at 180,000 souls, served by 160 diocesan priests.

Diocesan statistics

* Number of Catholics = 329,243 * Number of parishes = 86Report of the Trustee
charitycommission.gov.uk * Number of churches = 151 * Number of priests in diocesan ministry = 131 * Number of permanent deacons in ministry (2018) = 9 * Number ordained (2018) = 1 * Number of retired priests = 44 * Seminarians = 8 * Number of brothers = 30 * Number of sisters = 243 * St. Mary's College of Education on roll = 994 * Number of primary & nursery schools = 164 (on roll = 32,306) * Number of grammar schools = 12 (on roll = 10,795) * Number of secondary school = 31 (on roll = 15,621) * Baptisms = 4,096 * First communions = 4,740 * Confirmations = 5,207 * Marriages = 1,250 (The Down and Connor Directory)

City parishes

Listed are city parishes listed by the Diocese of Down and Connor. *

St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast Saint Peter's Cathedral, Belfast (, ), is the Catholic cathedral church for the Diocese of Down and Connor, and is therefore the episcopal seat of the Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor. It is located in the Divis Street area of the Falls Road ...

* St Patrick's Church, Belfast / Pro-Cathedral, Donegall Street, Belfast * Christ the Redeemer, Lagmore * Corpus Christi, Ballymurphy, Belfast * St. Patrick's,

Derriaghy Derriaghy, (; also known as Derryaghy), (), is a townland (of 538 acres) and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, south-west of Belfast city centre. The townland is situated in the historic barony of Belfast Upper and the civil pari ...

* Drumbo &

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* Hannahstown * Holy Cross,

Ardoyne Ardoyne () is a working class and mainly Roman Catholic Church, Catholic and Irish republicanism, Irish republican district in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1920 the adjacent area of Marrowbone saw at multiple days of communal violence be ...

* Holy Family, Newington, Belfast * Holy Rosary,

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* Holy Trinity,

Turf Lodge The Springfield Road () is a residential area and road traffic thoroughfare adjacent to the Falls Road (Belfast), Falls Road in west Belfast. The local population is predominantly Irish nationalism, Irish nationalist and Irish republicanism, re ...

* Loughshore – Three parishes: St Mary's Greencastle, County Antrim, Star of The Sea Whitehouse, County Antrim and St James',

Whiteabbey Whiteabbey () is a townland (of 406 acres) in Newtownabbey, north of Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The original village of Whiteabbey stood at the foot of the Three Mile Water, on the shore of Belfast Lough. In 1958, it and six othe ...

* Nativity, Poleglass * Our Lady Queen of Peace, Kilwee * Sacred Heart, Glenview Street, Oldpark Road, Belfast * St Agnes',

Andersonstown Andersonstown, known colloquially as Andytown, is a suburb of west Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the foot of the Black Mountain and Divis Mountain. It contains a mixture of public and private housing and is largely a working-class area with a ...

, Belfast * St Anne's, Kingsway/Upper

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, Belfast * St Anthony's, Willowfield, Woodstock Road,

Cregagh Cregagh () is an area in the southeast of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the name of a townland and has been adopted as the name of an electoral ward of Belfast City council. The townland dates back to medieval times, when it was part of the ...

, Belfast * St Bernadette's, Rosetta Road, Castlereagh * St Brigid's, Malone Road, Belfast * St Colmcille's,

Ballyhackamore Ballyhackamore () is a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, it is a suburb of Belfast located on the Upper Newtownards Road. It is also a ward in the UK Parliamentary constituency of East Belfast. ''The Sunday Times'' named Ballyhackamor ...

and Dundonald areas of East Belfast * St Gerard's,

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, Belfast * St John's, Falls Road, Belfast * St Luke's, Twinbrook * St Malachy's, Alfred Street, Belfast * St Mary's, Chapel Lane, Belfast * St Mary's-On-The-Hill,

Glengormley Glengormley () is a townland (of 215 acres) and electoral ward in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Glengormley is within the urban area of Newtownabbey bordering Belfast, and is located in the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. It ...

* St Matthew's, Bryson Street,

Short Strand The Short Strand () is a working class, inner city area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a mainly Catholic and Irish nationalist enclave surrounded by the mainly Protestant and unionist East Belfast. Short Strand is located on the east ban ...

, Belfast * St Michael The Archangel, Finaghy Road North, Belfast * St Oliver Plunkett, Glenveagh Drive, Glen Road, Belfast * St Paul's, Falls Road, Belfast * St Teresa's, Glen Road, Belfast * St. Therese of Lisieux, Somerton Road, Belfast * St Vincent De Paul, Ligoniel

Country parishes

Listed are country parishes listed by the Diocese of Down and Connor. *

Aghagallon Aghagallon () is a small village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is about northwest of Moira, County Down, and had a population of 824 in the 2001 census. Aghagallon has mainly developed along Aghalee Road in a lin ...

& Ballinderry (St Patrick's) *

Ahoghill Ahoghill ( or ; ) is a large village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, four miles from Ballymena. It is located in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area. It had a population of 3,417 people at the 2011 census. In ear ...

(St Marys Church; Ballynafie Road, Ahoghill) * Antrim (St Comgall's and St Joseph's) *

Armoy Armoy ( ) is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is 5.5 miles (9 km) southwest of Ballycastle and 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Ballymoney. According to an estimate in 2013 by the Northern Irel ...

(St. Olcan's) *

Ballintoy Ballintoy () is a small village, townland (of 274 acres) and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is alongside the B15 coast road, north-east of Coleraine, west of Ballycastle and between it and Bushmills. It is in the histori ...

(St Mary's and St Joseph's) * Ballycastle (St Patrick's & St Brigid's) *

Ballyclare Ballyclare () is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 10,850 according to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, and is located within the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. It is part of, and ...

& Ballygowan (Sacred Heart) * Ballygalget (St Patrick's Church) *

/Kirkinriola (All Saints and St Patrick's) *

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& Derrykeighan (Our Lady & St Patrick's) * Bangor (St Comgall's, Bangor; Most Holy Redeemer, Ballyholme; St Comgall's, Donaghadee) *

Carnlough Carnlough ( ; ) is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in Mid and East Antrim district, as well the historic Barony (Ireland), barony of Glenarm Lower, and the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parishes of Ardclinis and T ...

(St John the Evangelist) *

(St Nicholas') *

Castlewellan Castlewellan () is a small town in County Down, in the south-east of Northern Ireland close to the Irish Sea. It is beside Castlewellan Lake and Slievenaslat mountain, southwest of Downpatrick. It lies between the Mourne Mountains and Slieve ...

(under the patronage of

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] *

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, No ...

Crossgar Crossgar () is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about south of Belfast, between Saintfield and Downpatrick. Crossgar had a population 1,997 people in the 2021 UK Census. History Crossgar has had an interesting ...

* Culfeightrin ( Ballyvoy) *

Cushendall Cushendall (), formerly known as Newtownglens, is a coastal village and townland (of 153 acres) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located in the historic barony of Glenarm Lower and the civil parish of Layd, and is part of Causeway Coas ...

(St Patrick's) &

Cushendun Cushendun () is a small coastal village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits off the A2 coast road between Cushendall and Ballycastle. It has a sheltered harbour and lies at the mouth of the River Dun and Glendun, one of the nine Glen ...

(St Patrick's, Craigagh & St Mary's "Star of the Sea", Culraney) *

(St Patrick's, Downpatrick; St Malachy's, Ballykilbeg; St Brigid's, Rathkeltair; St Colmcille's) * Drumaroad & Clanvaraghan (St John the Baptist; Our Lady of the Angels) * Dundrum & Tyrella * Duneane ( Moneyglass &

Toome Toome or Toomebridge () is a small village and townland on the northwest corner of Lough Neagh in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies in the civil parish of Duneane in the former barony of Toome Upper, and is in the Antrim and Newtownabbe ...

) * Dunloy &

Cloughmills Cloughmills or Cloghmills ( ) is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Ballymoney is 9 miles to the north-west and Ballymena is 10 miles to the south. It had a population of 1,309 people in the 2011 census. It is in Causeway Coast and ...

* Dunsford &

Ardglass Ardglass () is a coastal fishing village, townland (of 321 acres) and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland, in the historic barony of Lecale Lower. It is still a relatively important fishing harbour. It is situated on the B1 Ardglas ...

(St Nicholas', Ardglass; St Mary's, Dunsford) *

Glenariff Glenariff or Glenariffe ( or ) is a valley in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is one of the Glens of Antrim. Like other glens in that area, it was shaped during the Last Glacial Period, Ice Age by giant glaciers. It is sometimes called the ...

Glenarm Glenarm () is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies on the North Channel coast north of the town of Larne and the village of Ballygalley, and south of the village of Carnlough. It is situated in the civil parish of Tickmac ...

Glenavy Glenavy () is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is approximately 11 miles west of Belfast and eight miles north-west of Lisburn, and sits on the banks of the Glenavy river. In the 2011 census it had a population ...

& Killead * Glenravel & The

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* Kilcoo (St Malachy's) *

Killough Killough ( ; ) is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the Irish Sea shore near Ardglass, five miles southeast of Downpatrick. It is a conservation area notable for its sycamore-lined main street. In the 2001 Cen ...

(St Patrick's, Legamaddy; St Joseph's, Killough; Star of the Sea, Rossglass) *

Killyleagh Killyleagh (; ) is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the A22 road between Belfast and Downpatrick, on the western side of Strangford Lough. It had a population of 2,787 people in the 2021 Census. It is bes ...

Kircubbin Kircubbin is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village had a population of 1,153 people in the 2011 Census. History The settlement was originally known as Kilcubin, which is thought to come from Irish ''Cill Ghobáin' ...

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(under the patronage of

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) *

Loughguile Loughguile ( ; ), also spelt Loughgiel, is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Situated 8 miles east of Ballymoney it is within the Causeway Coast and Glens Council area, and is at the edge of the Glens of Antrim. The v ...

* Loughinisland (St Macartan's) * Lower Mourne *

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/Maghera (Our Lady of the Assumption, Newcastle; St Patrick's, Bryansford) *

& Comber (St Patrick's Newtownards; Our Lady of the Visitation, Comber) *

Portaferry Portaferry () is a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland, at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to Strangford Lough. It is home to the Exploris aquarium and is well known for the annual Gala Week Fl ...

(St Patrick's, Ballyphilip; St Cooey's, Portaferry) * Portglenone (Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate) *

Portrush Portrush () is a small seaside resort town on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It neighbours the resort of Portstewart in County Londonderry. The main part of the old town, including the Portrush railway station, railway stati ...

(St Patrick's) *

Portstewart Portstewart () is a small seaside town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 7,854 people in the 2021 United Kingdom census. It is a seaside resort, neighbouring both Coleraine in County Londonderry and Portrush in Cou ...

(St Mary's Star of the Sea) *

Randalstown Randalstown () is a small town and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, between Antrim and Toome. The town, which contains a prominent disused railway viaduct, lies beside Lough Neagh and the Shane's Castle estate. Randalstown is bypas ...

(St MacNissi's) * Rasharkin (St Mary's) *

Saintfield Saintfield () is a village and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about halfway between Belfast and Downpatrick on the A7 road (Northern Ireland), A7 road. It had a population of 3,588 in the 2021 Unite ...

& Carrickmannon *

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& Ballee (St Patrick's, Saul; St Joseph's, Downpatrick; St Tassach's, Carlin) *

Strangford Strangford (from Old Norse ''Strangr fjörðr'', meaning "strong sea-inlet") is a small village at the mouth of Strangford Lough, on the Lecale peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 475 at the 2001 census. On th ...

(Star of the Sea) *Upper Mourne

''Ad limina'' visit 2006

Bishop Patrick Walsh, Bishop Anthony Farquhar and Bishop Donal McKeown met with

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on the first morning of their visit. They spoke with the Pope for 20 minutes privately in which they discussed things like education,

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, peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

''Ad limina'' visit 2017

Bishop Treanor joined other Irish bishops in February 2017 for the '' ad limina'' visit. Unlike previous visits there were no private meetings with diocesan bishops and

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, rather the Pontiff spoke with the bishops together.

Previous bishops

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.Diocese of Down and Connor
''Catholic Hierarchy''. Retrieved on 26 August 2009. * John Fossade (1442–1450) * Thomas Knight. O.S.B. (1453–1469) * Tadhg Ó Muirgheasa (1469–1480) * Tiberio Ugolino (1483–1519) * Robert Blyth, O.S.B. (1520–1539) * Eugene Magennis (1539–1559) * Miler Magrath, O.F.M. (1565–1580) * Donat O'Gallagher, O.F.M. (1580–1581) * Bl. Conor O'Devany, O.F.M. (1582–1612) * ''(Patrick Hanratty, vicar apostolic, 1614–1625)'' * Edmund Dungan (1625–1629) * Hugh Magennis, O.F.M. (1630–1640) * ''(See vacant, 1640–1642)'' * '' Heber MacMahon (1642–1643)'' Appointed Bishop of Clogher before his consecration as Bishop of Down and Connor could take place. * Arthur Magennis, O.Cist. (1647–1653) * ''(Michael O'Beirn, vicar apostolic, 1657–1670)'' * Daniel Mackey (1671–1673) * ''(See vacant, 1673–1711)'' * ''(Terence O'Donnelly, vicar apostolic, 1711–unknown)'' * James O'Shiel, O.F.M. (1717–1724) * John Armstrong (1727–1739) * Francis Stuart, O.F.M. (1740–1749) * Edmund O'Doran (1751–1760) * Theophilus MacCartan (1760–1778) * Hugh MacMullan (1779–1794) * Patrick MacMullan (1794–1824) * William Crolly (1825–1835) * Cornelius Denvir (1835–1865) * Patrick Dorrian (1865–1885) * Patrick MacAlister (1886–1895) * Henry Henry (1895–1908) * John Tohill (1908–1914) * Joseph MacRory (1915–1928) * Daniel Mageean (1929–1962) * William Philbin (1962–1982) * Cahal Brendan Daly (1982–1990) * Patrick Joseph Walsh (1991–2008) * Noel Treanor (2008–2022) *

(2024–present) Auxiliary bishops * Patrick Dorrian (1860–1865) (

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) * Patrick Walsh (May 1983 – 1991) * Anthony Farquhar (May 1983 – December 2015) *

Michael Dallat Michael Dallat (11 June 1925 – 25 September 2000), D.D., M.A., S.T.L., was the Titular Bishop of Thala and Auxiliary Bishop of The Diocese of Down and Connor. Early life and study Bishop Dallat was a native of Ballycastle, one of several ...

(1993–2000) *

Donal McKeown Dónal McKeown (born 12 April 1950) is a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic prelate from Northern Ireland who has served as Bishop of Derry since 2014. Early life and education McKeown was born in Belfast on 12 April 1950, one of four children to J ...

(2001–2014)

References

External links

Diocese of Down and Connor
(GCatholic.org)

– info from ''

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