Diocese of Down and Connor
Dunen(sis) et Connoren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Down and Connor, Ireland
Latin-rite diocese in Northern Ireland covering counties Antrim, Down, and part of Londonderry, formed by the union of the ancient sees of Down and Connor in 1453. Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Armagh, with its seat at St. Peter's Cathedral in Belfast. Bishop Alan McGuckian, S.J., was appointed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1453
- Latin
- Dunen(sis) et Connoren(sis)
- Patron
- St. Malachy and St. MacNissi
- Annuario code
- 001001321
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 402,470
- Population
- 977,600
- Catholic share
- 41.2%
- Priests
- 176
- Catholics per priest
- 2,287
- Extent
- 2,419 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 166
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Alan McGuckian, S.J.
- Born
- 26 February 1953
- Birthplace
- Ballymena
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DI GESÙ (GESUITI) (S.I.)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Peter's Cathedral, Belfast stands in Down and Connor, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Armagh
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Armagh.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ardagh–ClonmacnoisArdagh
- Archdiocese of ArmaghArmagh
- Diocese of ClogherClogher
- Diocese of DerryDerry
- Diocese of DromoreDromore
- Diocese of KilmoreKilmore
- Diocese of MeathMeath
- Diocese of RaphoeRaphoe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].