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 | Unit 1, 21 Old Channel Road, Belfast, BT3 9DE[1] |
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.