United Dioceses of Down and Dromore Deoise An Dúin agus An Droim Mór | |
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Location | |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Ecclesiastical province | Armagh |
Archdeaconries | Down, Dromore |
Headquarters | Church of Ireland House, 61-67 Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2QH |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 77 |
Churches | 111 |
Members | 64,500 |
Information | |
Denomination | Church of Ireland |
Cathedral | 1) Down Cathedral 2) Dromore Cathedral 3) St Anne's Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | David Alexander McClay, Bishop of Down and Dromore |
Archdeacons | The Ven Jim Cheshire Archdeacon of Down The Ven Mark Harvey, Archdeacon of Dromore |
Website | |
downanddromore.org |
The Diocese of Down and Dromore (also known as the United Dioceses of Down and Dromore) is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in the south east of Northern Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. The geographical remit of the diocese covers half of the City of Belfast to the east of the River Lagan and the part of County Armagh east of the River Bann and all of County Down.
When the Church in England broke communion with the Catholic Church, the Church of England was established by the state as the established church. Later, by decree of the Irish Parliament, a similar new body became the state church in the Kingdom of Ireland. The English-speaking minority mostly adhered to the Church of Ireland or to Presbyterianism. On the death of Archbishop Trench of Tuam in 1839, the Province of Tuam was united to the Armagh. Over the centuries, numerous dioceses were merged, in view of declining membership. Until 1944, the dioceses of Down and Dromore were part of the United Dioceses of Down, Connor and Dromore. In 1944, the Diocese of Connor gained a separate existence under its own bishop. It is for this reason that the united diocese has three cathedrals.
The Diocese is the second largest of the Church of Ireland in terms of church population, with around 91,000 people and more than one hundred serving ordained Clergy. It is divided up into 79 parishes, with a total of 115 churches.
Although the united diocese works under a single bishop, currently David McClay, each of the two dioceses within it has its own set of officers.
Former Bishop Harold Miller is a member of GAFCON Ireland, and he attended GAFCON III, held in Jerusalem, on 17–22 June 2018. [9] His successor, David McClay, is also a leading member of GAFCON Ireland. [10]
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