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Derry, Ireland, Diocese of

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Comprises a large part of Derry and Tyrone counties, and part of Donegal; suffragan of Armagh. Saint Columba founded a monastery there between 546,562. The original abbey-church and the great church erected 1164 were demolished 1600. First bishop, probably Gervase O'Cervallen (c.1230); successors included Redmond O'Gallagher (1569) and Bernard O'Cahan (1683), from whom the succession continues unbroken to the present bishop, Bernard O'Kane (1926). See also:

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Entry for 'Derry, Ireland, Diocese of'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​d/derry-ireland-diocese-of.html. 1910.
 
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