Diocese of Dromore
Dromoren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dromore, Ireland
Latin-rite diocese in Northern Ireland covering parts of counties Down, Armagh, and Antrim, founded around 1192. Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Armagh, with its seat at the Cathedral of St. Patrick and St. Colman in Newry. The see has been vacant since 2018; Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh has served as apostolic administrator since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1192
- Latin
- Dromoren(sis)
- Patron
- St. Patrick and St. Colman of Dromore
- Annuario code
- 001001324
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 88,000
- Population
- 194,000
- Catholic share
- 45.4%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 1,956
- Extent
- 1,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 88
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
- Eamon Martin
- Born
- 30 October 1961
- Birthplace
- Derry
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
Cathedral of St. Patrick and St. Colman, Newry stands in Dromore, 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 Down and ConnorDown and Connor
- 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].