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Bishop of Connor

Arms of the Bishops of Connor
Arms of the Bishops 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

The diocese of Connor was one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111.[1] It is located in the northeast corner of Ireland and includes much of the city of Belfast. By some of the Irish annalists it was called by its territorial name The See of Dalaradia.[2]: 245 

For a brief period in the early 12th-century, the see of Connor was united with Down under Máel Máedóc Ua Morgair (Saint Malachy), who also was Archbishop of Armagh.[1] On 29 July 1439, plans for a permanent union of the two sees were submitted to King Henry VI of England for his sanction.[3]: 344, 348  Exactly twelve months later, 29 July 1439, Pope Eugene IV issued a papal bull stating that Down and Connor were to be united on the death or resignation of either bishop.[3]: 344, 348  In 1442, John Sely, Bishop of Down, was deprived of his see by Pope Eugene IV,[4][5] thereby effecting the union of the two dioceses. John Fossade, who had been bishop of Connor since 1431, became the bishop of the united see of Down and Connor in late 1442.[3]: 344, 348  However, due to strong opposition to the union in the diocese of Down, three more bishops of Down were appointed before the two sees finally united.[3]: 344, 348 

After the Reformation, the united see of Down and Connor had parallel episcopal successions. In the Roman Catholic Church, they still remain united to the present today. In the Church of Ireland, Down and Connor were united further with Dromore in 1842 to form the bishopric of Down, Connor and Dromore. They continued until 1945 when they were separated into the bishopric of Down and Dromore and the bishopric of Connor.

Present bishop

The present bishop is George Davison, previously Archdeacon of Belfast, who was elected by the House of Bishops in February 2020,[6] and consecrated on 3 September 2020.[7]

List of bishops

Pre-Reformation bishops

Church of Ireland bishops

See also

References

  1. ^ a b How was the Diocese of Connor created? Archived 20 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Church of Ireland Diocese of Connor. Retrieved on 27 August 2009.
  2. ^ a b Cotton, Henry (1849). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 3, The Province of Ulster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  4. ^ Kilclief Castle. Irish Antiquities. Retrieved on 25 August 2009.
  5. ^ Kilclief Castle, County of Down. Library Ireland. Retrieved on 25 August 2009.
  6. ^ a b "Archdeacon George Davison elected as new Bishop of Connor". The Church of Ireland Diocese of Connor. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Consecration of the Rt Rev George Davison as Bishop of Connor". Diocese of Connor. The Church of Ireland. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  8. ^ Bishops appoint the Reverend Canon Alan Abernethy as new Bishop of Connor. Church of Ireland. Dated 17 April 2007.
  9. ^ Sermon at the Consecration of the Revd Canon Alan Abernethy as the Bishop of Connor. Church of Ireland. Dated 29 June 2007.
  10. ^ Bishop's Page Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Church of Ireland Diocese of Connor. Retrieved on 27 August 2009.
  11. ^ "Bishop of Connor announces retirement on health grounds". Church of Ireland. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  12. ^ Bishops Of Connor. Church of Ireland Diocese of Connor. Retrieved on 27 August 2009.

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