Suffragan diocese Down and Connor, Ireland
Diocese of Down and Connor
Dunen(sis) et Connoren(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1453
- Catholics
- 402,470
- Priests
- 176
- Territory
- 2,419 km²
Parishes and churches
87 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral (St Peter's)Belfast · CathedralMass times recorded
- Aghagallon & BallinderryTown not recordedView parish
- AhoghillTown not recordedMass times recorded
- AntrimTown not recordedView parish
- ArmoyTown not recordedView parish
- BallintoyTown not recordedView parish
- Ballycastle (Ramoan)BallycastleView parish
- Ballyclare and BallygowanTown not recordedView parish
- BallygalgetTown not recordedView parish
- Ballymena (Kirkinriola)BallymenaView parish
- Ballymoney and DerrykeighanTown not recordedMass times recorded
- BangorBangorView parish
- BrightTown not recordedView parish
- CarnloughTown not recordedView parish
- CarrickfergusCarrickfergusView parish
- Castlewellan (Kilmegan)CastlewellanView parish
- Christ the RedeemerTown not recordedMass times recorded
- ColeraineColeraineView parish
- Corpus ChristiTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Crossgar (Kilmore)CrossgarView parish
- CulfeightrinTown not recordedView parish
- Cushendall (Layde)CushendallView parish
- CushendunTown not recordedView parish
- DerriaghyTown not recordedView parish
- DownpatrickDownpatrickView parish
- Drumaroad & ClanvaraghenTown not recordedView parish
- Drumbo & CarryduffTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Dundrum and TyrellaTown not recordedView parish
- Duneane (Moneyglass and Toome)Town not recordedView parish
- Dunloy and CloughmillsTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Alan McGuckian, S.J.
- Born
- 26 February 1953
- Birthplace
- Ballymena
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DI GESÙ (GESUITI) (S.I.)
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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.
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