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Diocese of Dromore

Dromoren(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in Northern Ireland covering parts of counties Down, Armagh, and Antrim, founded around 1192. Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Armagh, with its seat at the Cathedral of St. Patrick and St. Colman in Newry. The see has been vacant since 2018; Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh has served as apostolic administrator since 2019.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1192
Latin
Dromoren(sis)
Patron
St. Patrick and St. Colman of Dromore
Annuario code
001001324

The see in figures

Catholics
88,000
Population
194,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
45.4%
Priests
45
Catholics per priest
1,956
Extent
1,000 km²
Catholics per km²
88

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Eamon Martin
Born
30 October 1961
Birthplace
Derry

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Patrick and St. Colman, Newry stands in Dromore, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Armagh

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Armagh.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.