The Diocese of Dromore
The Diocese of Dromore or Deoise an Droma Mhóiris (Irish) or Dioecesis Dromorensis (Latin) is a Catholic diocese in the north-east of Ireland. It is one of eight suffragan dioceses which are subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Armagh. The diocese spans an area of some 1,000 square kilometres, encompassing portions of Counties Antrim, Armagh and Down. It consists of 23 parishes, 48 churches, and an estimated catholic population of some 65000 people.
The patrons of the diocese are
Saint Patrick – Feast Day 17th March
Saint Colman – Feast Day 7th June.
For more information about our Diocese, please visit the website at https://www.dromorediocese.org/
History of the Diocese
The establishment of a Diocese of Dromore, comparable to what we have today, was a consequence of the reordering of the Irish Church by Rome in the twelfth century. The area that formed the small diocese coincided with the medieval baronies or territories of Upper and Lower Iveagh, what we might term today south and west Co Down. It also included a portion of O’Neill land, that part of Co Armagh which lies east of the river Bann, and a tiny piece of south-west Co Antrim.
View more about the history of our Diocese here.