Religion in County Donegal - Parishes of County Donegal, Places of Worship in County Donegal, Bishop of Raphoe, St Eunan's Cathedral (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Parishes of County Donegal, Places of Worship in County Donegal, Bishop of Raphoe, St Eunan's Cathedral, St Patrick's Purgatory, Drumholm, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, Clondahorky, Gartan, Conwal Parish Church, Church of the Irish Martyrs, Conwal and Leck. Excerpt: The Bishop of Raphoe is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Raphoe in County Donegal, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric. In the earliest period of the diocese, the episcopal see was often referred to as Tr Conaill (the surrounding region). It was also sometimes written as Rith Both, the Middle Irish spelling of the location. In 1266, Bishop Germanus of Derry forcibly transferred the Inishowen peninsula from jurisdiction of the diocese of Raphoe to Derry. After the Reformation, there were parallel episcopal successions. In the Church of Ireland, the title continued until 1834 when it united with Derry and formed the united bishopric of Derry and Raphoe. In the Roman Catholic Church, the title continues as a separate bishopric. The current Incumbent is the Most Reverend Philip Boyce, O.C.D., Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe, who was appointed by the Holy See on 29 June 1995 and ordained Bishop on 1 October 1995. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17121164