St. Peter's Cathedral, Belfast
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St. Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast. is the Roman Catholic cathedral church for the diocese of Down and Connor and is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor. It is located in the Divis Street area of the Falls Road in Belfast
, Northern Ireland
and dates from the 1860s. It is home to St Peters Schola Cantorum (Choir).
an architect before he became a priest of this Diocese. The original Cathedral of the Diocese of Down & Connor until the Reformation had been at Downpatrick and St Peter's was not originally intended to be a Cathedral when it opened on October 14th 1866, this distinction was conferred on June 29th 1986 after having served as "Pro-Cathedral" for many years. The site for the building had been donated by the famous baker Bernard Hughes.
Belfast
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, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
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and dates from the 1860s. It is home to St Peters Schola Cantorum (Choir).
History
The Cathedral was designed by Fr Jeremiah Ryan McAulay who had trained asan architect before he became a priest of this Diocese. The original Cathedral of the Diocese of Down & Connor until the Reformation had been at Downpatrick and St Peter's was not originally intended to be a Cathedral when it opened on October 14th 1866, this distinction was conferred on June 29th 1986 after having served as "Pro-Cathedral" for many years. The site for the building had been donated by the famous baker Bernard Hughes.
Past Administrators
From St Peter's Cathedral website unless otherwise stated:- Fr William Blaney: 1866-1873
- Fr Andrew McAuley: 1873-1882
- Fr Patrick Convery: 1882-1895
- Fr John McCartan: 1895-1898
- Fr John Tohill: 1898-1905
- Fr Bernard Laverty: 1905-1911
- Fr John Healy: 1911-1919
- Fr Thomas McDonald: 1919-1929
- Fr Alexander McAteer: 1929-1930
- Fr George McKillop: 1930-1943
- Fr John McLaverty: 1938-1943
- Fr George Watson: 1943-1945
- Fr Leo McKeown: 1945-1949
- Fr Laurence Higgins: 1949-1955
- Fr Patrick McAtamney: 1955-1960
- Fr Joseph McConville: 1960-1963
- Fr James McCloskey: 1963-1966
- Fr Sean O’Neill: 1966-1967
- Cannon Padraig Murphy: 1967-1971
- Fr Francis Teggart: 1971-1974
- Fr Alec Darragh: 1974-1978
- Fr Vincent McKinley: 1978-1983
- Fr Joseph McGurnaghan: 1983-1986
- Fr Sean Connolly: 1986-1990
- Fr Anthony Alexander: 1990-1994
- Monsignor Thomas Toner: 1994-2006
- Fr Hugh Kennedy: 2006-Present
