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Diocese of Down and Connor

Dioecesis Dunensis et Connorensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Alexander Aloysius (Alan) McGuckian, S.J., Bishop
  • Donal McKeown, Apostolic Administrator
  • Noël Treanor, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • United: 29 July 1439
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Armagh
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ireland
  • Square Kilometers: 2,419 (934 Square Miles)
  • Description: Most of Antrim and Down and part of Derry
  • Official Web Site: http://www.downandconnor.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Lisbreen, 75 Somerton Road, Belfast BT15 4DE, Ireland
  • Telephone: (44-28)9077.6185
  • Fax: 9077.9377

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Down
6th CenturyErectedDiocese of Down (erected)
Diocese of Down and Connor
29 July 1439UnitedDiocese of Connor
Diocese of Down
Diocese of Down and Connor

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Down and Connor
1950182,186755,38224.1%2135126469011251462ap1951
1970259,006985,74826.3%25784341759245273ap1971
1980297,0001,060,00028.0%207702771,07221738976ap1981
1990298,0001,162,00025.6%213692821,05614943784ap1991
1999307,3941,000,00030.7%208672751,11711833588ap2000
2000310,5131,000,00031.1%205672721,14111432788ap2001
2001312,0561,000,00031.2%201712721,14711331088ap2002
2002315,3811,000,00031.5%196712671,18111130588ap2003
2003313,0931,000,00031.3%190612511,2479929388ap2004
2004317,6221,000,00031.8%189642531,25510128988ap2005
2006321,0211,000,00032.1%183602431,3219326688ap2007
2013464,4291,017,00045.7%167522192,1207919287ap2014
2016467,5001,022,00045.7%164542182,1447715787ap2017
2019402,470977,60041.2%153552081,93487713287ap2020
2021403,000977,37041.2%141491902,12187111187ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Down
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 231
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 216
  • Diocese of Down and Connor
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 147
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 189
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 178
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 189
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 202
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 217

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