Diocese of Down & Dromore

On Being Black

Sangeetha Sathyaraj penned this poem and she has given permission for us to share it with visitors to the website:

Death of Ecumenical Pioneer

Bishops' Appeal on Middle East crisis

Following the House of Bishops statement on the Middle East situation, the Bishops' Appeal has issued the following:

House of Bishops statement on situation in Middle East

The Church of Ireland House of Bishops issued the following statement today:

Charles notches up 50 years

The Rev Charles Combe was ordained in the ministry on 22 July 1956.  Charles is now retired and he and his wife, June, live in Bangor where they are members of St Comgall's.  A...

Bishop celebrates half a century

Bishop Edward Darling, the former Bishop of Limerick, who retired into the diocese of Down and Dromore, has recently notched up 50 years in the Ordained Ministry.  To mark the...

It's Ordination season

The annual services of Ordinations of Priests and Deacons take place throughout the Church of Ireland in early summer.  In Down & Dromore the services are held in June and this...

Sharing & Learning visit to Rwanda

At the invitation of the Anglican Archbishop of Rwanda a team from Northern Ireland is currently in Rwanda on a ten day visit. During their time in Rwanda the group will split...