Diocese of Derry Dioecesis Derriena Deoise Dhoire | |
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Location | |
Country | Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland |
Territory | Most of County Londonderry, some parishes in counties Tyrone and Antrim and County Donegal |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Armagh |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Armagh |
Coordinates | 54°59′42″N7°19′34″W / 54.995°N 7.326°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 965 sq mi (2,500 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 336,741 252,347 (74.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry |
Patron saint | St Eugene and St Columba |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Donal McKeown |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Eamon Martin |
Vicar General | Paul McCafferty & Monsignor Andy Dolan |
Map | |
Website | |
derrydiocese.org |
The Diocese of Derry (Latin : Dioecesis Derriena; Irish : Deoise Dhoire) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church which straddles the international frontier between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. The diocese was established in the year 1158. [1] The diocese consists of almost fifty parishes and some number of religious congregations have houses in various parts of the diocese.
The Cathedral Church of the diocese is St Eugene's Cathedral. Nearby is St Columba's Church, Long Tower.
Schools in the diocese include: St Columb's College, Thornhill College, St Joseph's Boys' School, Lumen Christi College.
As part of their adult faith development, the diocese runs the Diploma in Pastoral Theology validated by St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, [2] from the Drumalis Retreat Centre. [3]
The Derry Diocese Catechetical Centre in conjunction with St Mary's University, Twickenham offer a Masters in Catholic School Leadership. [4]
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