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The Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore was the Ordinary

Ordinary

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of the Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

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diocese

Diocese

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of Down

County Down

-Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...

, Connor and Dromore

Dromore, County Down

Dromore is a small market town in the Banbridge District of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is south-west of Belfast, on the A1 Belfast – Dublin road. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 4,968 people....

; comprising all County Down

County Down

-Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...

and County Antrim

County Antrim

County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...

, including the city of Belfast

Belfast

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History

The episcopal see

Episcopal See

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s of Down

Bishop of Down

The Bishop of Down was a separate episcopal title which took its name after County Down in Northern Ireland. The see was in the town of Downpatrick where the bishop's seat was located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity....

and Connor

Bishop of Connor

The Bishop of Connor is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Connor in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The title is currently used by the Church of Ireland, but in the Roman Catholic Church it has been united with another bishopric....

were united in 1442. After the Reformation

English Reformation

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, the bishopric of Down and Connor

Bishop of Down and Connor

The Bishop of Down and Connor is an episcopal title which takes its name from the town of Downpatrick and the village of Connor in Northern Ireland...

continued until 1842 when they were amalgamated with the see of Dromore

Bishop of Dromore

The Bishop of Dromore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the market town of Dromore in County Down, Northern Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church the title still continues as a separate bishopric, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.-History:The...

to form the united see of Down, Connor and Dromore. Since 1945, the see has been separated into the bishopric of Down and Dromore

Bishop of Down and Dromore

The Bishop of Down and Dromore is the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland Diocese of Down and Dromore in the Province of Armagh. The diocese is situated in the north east of Ireland, which includes all of County Down, about half of the city of Belfast, and some parts of County Armagh east of the...

and the bishopric of Connor

Bishop of Connor

List of Bishops of Down, Connor and Dromore

Bishops of Down, Connor and Dromore
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1842	1848	Richard Mant Richard Mant -Life:He was born at Southampton and educated at Winchester College and at Trinity College, Oxford.He was elected fellow of Oriel in 1798, and afterwards took orders, holding a curacy at Southampton in 1802...	Appointed Bishop of Down and Connor Bishop of Down and Connor The Bishop of Down and Connor is an episcopal title which takes its name from the town of Downpatrick and the village of Connor in Northern Ireland... in 1823; became Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore on 9 April 1842; died 2 November 1848
1849	1886	Robert Bent Knox Robert Bent Knox Robert Bent Knox DD LLD was the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore from 1849 to 1886, and then Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1886 until his death.-Early life:...	Nominated 2 April and consecrated 1 May 1849; translated to Armagh Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) The Anglican Archbishop of Armagh is the ecclesiastical head of the Church of Ireland, the metropolitan of the Province of Armagh and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Armagh.... 11 May 1886
1886	1892	William Reeves William Reeves (bishop) William Reeves was an Irish antiquarian and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore from 1886 until his death...	Elected 18 March and consecrated 29 June 1886; died 12 January 1892
1892	1907	Thomas James Welland Thomas James Welland Thomas James Welland was an Irish Anglican bishop.Welland was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1854. He began his ordained ministry as a curate at Carlow, after which he was vicar of Painstown and then assistant chaplain of the Mariners’ Church in Kingstown...	Elected 19 February and consecrated 25 March 1892; died 29 July 1907
1907	1911	John Baptist Crozier John Baptist Crozier John Baptist Crozier MRIA was Archbishop of Armagh of the Church of Ireland and Primate of All Ireland .-Early life:John Baptist Crozier, eldest son of the Reverend Baptist Barton Crozier and Catherine Mary Crozier née Bolland, Rockview, Ballyhaise was born in the townland of Knockfad on 8 April...	Translated from Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin The Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in the Ecclesiastical Province of Dublin... ; elected 3 September and confirmed 26 September 1907; translated to Armagh Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) The Anglican Archbishop of Armagh is the ecclesiastical head of the Church of Ireland, the metropolitan of the Province of Armagh and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Armagh.... 2 February 1911
1911	1919	Charles Frederick D'Arcy	Translated from Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin The Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in the Ecclesiastical Province of Dublin... ; elected 27 March and confirmed 29 March 1911; translated to Dublin Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland) The Archbishop of Dublin is the title of the senior cleric who presides over the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough in the Church of Ireland... 6 August 1919
1919	1934	Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson was an eminent Irish clergyman in the first third of the 20th century Ordained in 1881, he began his career with a curacy at Kells, after which he was Rector of Stradbally and then Seapatrick, County Down...	Elected 9 October and consecrated 28 October 1919; resigned in November 1934; died 9 July 1935
1934	1942	John Frederick McNeice John Frederick McNeice John Frederick MacNeice , was born at Omey, Co. Galway, to a Protestant family which claimed descent from the kin of the early Irish saint MacNissi. Opting for the Church of Ireland ministry he served notably as rector of Carrickfergus, Co...	Translated from Cashel and Waterford Bishop of Cashel and Waterford The Bishop of Cashel and Waterford was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Cashel and Waterford; comprising all of County Waterford, the southern part of County Tipperary and a small part of County Limerick, Ireland.-History:In the Church of Ireland, although not in the Roman Catholic... ; elected 11 December and confirmed 12 December 1934; died 14 April 1942
1942	1945	Charles King Irwin Charles King Irwin Charles King Irwin was an eminent Irish clergyman in the middle third of the 20th century.Born on 30 March 1874 into an eminent ecclesiastical family, he was ordained in 1898 and began his career with a curacy at Brantry, after which he was Vicar of Derrynoose and then Middletown...	Translated from Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe; elected 6 August and confirmed 17 November 1942; relinquished the sees of Down and Dromore 1 January 1945, but continued as Bishop of Connor Bishop of Connor The Bishop of Connor is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Connor in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The title is currently used by the Church of Ireland, but in the Roman Catholic Church it has been united with another bishopric....
In 1945, the see was separated into the bishoprics of Down & Dromore Bishop of Down and Dromore The Bishop of Down and Dromore is the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland Diocese of Down and Dromore in the Province of Armagh. The diocese is situated in the north east of Ireland, which includes all of County Down, about half of the city of Belfast, and some parts of County Armagh east of the... and Connor Bishop of Connor The Bishop of Connor is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Connor in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The title is currently used by the Church of Ireland, but in the Roman Catholic Church it has been united with another bishopric....

History

List of Bishops of Down, Connor and Dromore

See also