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There are currently 88 parishes and ministries in the diocese served by 163 priests. The Most Reverend Dr Noel Treanor is the 32nd Bishop of Down and Connor. He was Ordained to the Episcopate and installed as Bishop of Down and Connor on 29 June 2008. The Bishop is assisted by two Auxiliary Bishops, Dr Anthony Farquhar and Dr Donal McKeown.
Priests in Down & Connor serve in Parish Ministry, School Chaplaincy, Hospital Chaplaincy, Youth Work, Prison Chaplaincy, The Media, Teaching in universities and teacher training colleges and Teaching and Chaplaincy in secondary and grammar schools.
Priests on the missions are often involved in the same work but their parish could be in Kenya, Peru, Korea, Canada or any other country in our vast world.
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