Roman Catholic Diocese of Derry
Diocese of Derry
Dioecesis Derrienus |
St Eugene's Cathedral viewed from the walls of Derry |
| Location |
| Territory |
Most of County Londonderry, some parishes in counties Tyrone and Antrim and the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal |
| Ecclesiastical province |
Province of Armagh |
| Metropolitan |
Mostly in Northern Ireland, and partly in the Republic of Ireland |
| Statistics |
| Area |
965 sq mi (2,500 km2) |
Population
- Catholics |
237,747 |
| Information |
| Denomination |
Roman Catholic |
| Rite |
Latin Rite |
| Cathedral |
St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry |
| Patron saint |
St Eugene and St Columba |
| Current leadership |
| Pope |
Pope Benedict XVI |
| Bishop |
Sede vacante |
| Metropolitan Archbishop |
Seán Baptist Brady,
Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh |
| Auxiliary Bishop |
Francis Lagan,
Auxiliary Bishop of Derry |
| Emeritus Bishops |
Edward Kevin Daly,
Bishop Emeritus of Derry
Francis Lagan,
Auxiliary Bishop of Derry |
| Map |
Province of Armagh (blank).png
The Diocese of Derry, shown in light blue,
within the Province of Armagh |
| Website |
| derrydiocese.org |
The Diocese of Derry (Irish: Deoise Dhoire) is a diocese in the north of Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. The diocese was established in the year 1158.[1]
Ordinaries
The following is a basic list of the post-Reformation Roman Catholic bishops and vicars apostolic.[2][3]
- Redmond O'Gallagher (1569–1601)
- See vacant (1601–1622)
- Luke Rochford, vicar apostolic (appointed 1622)
- Terence Kelly, vicar apostolic (1629–1668)
- Eugene Conwell, vicar apostolic (appointed 1671)
- Bernard O'Cahan, vicar apostolic (1684–1711)
- Fergus Laurence Lea (1694–c.1696)
- See vacant (1711–1720)
- Terence Donnelly (1720–unknown)
- Neil Conway (1727–1738)
- Michael O'Reilly (1739–1749)
- John Brullaghhaun (1749–1750)
- Patrick Bradley, O.P. (1751–1752)
- John MacColgan (1752–1765)
- Phillip MacDevitt (1766–1797)
- Charles O'Donnell (1797–1824)
- Peter MacLaughlin (1824–1840)
- John MacLaughlin (1840–1864)
- Francis Kelly (1864–1889)
- John Keys O'Doherty (1889–1907)
- Charles MacHugh (1907–1926)
- Bernard O'Kane (1926–1939)
- Neil Farren (1939–1973)
- Edward Daly (1974–1993)
- Séamus Hegarty (1994–2011)
See also
References
- ^ "Diocese of Derry". Giga-Catholic Information. http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/derr0.htm.
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 422–423. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ "Diocese of Derry". Catholic Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dderr.html. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
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