Alan McGuckian

The Most Reverend

Alan McGuckian

SJ
The Most Reverend; Alan McGuckian; SJ
Bishop of Down and Connor
Church	Catholic
Diocese	Down and Connor
Appointed	2 February 2024
Installed	14 April 2024
Predecessor	Noël Treanor
Previous posts	Bishop of Raphoe; Director of the Living Church Office and Director of Formation for the Permanent Diaconate for the Diocese of Down and Connor; Editor of An Timire and Foilseacháin Ábhair Spioradálta; Chaplain at Ulster University; Director of the Jesuit Communication Office; Vocations Director for the Jesuits; Teacher at Clongowes Wood College;
Orders
Ordination	22 June 1984
Consecration	6 August 2017; by Eamon Martin
Personal details
Born	Alexander Aloysius McGuckian; 26 February 1953; Cloughmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Parents	Brian and Pauline McGuckian
Alma mater	Queen's University Belfast; Regis College, Toronto; Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy; University College Dublin;
Motto	Et velle et perficere (Latin for 'To will and to do')
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Alexander Aloysius "Alan" McGuckian, SJ (born 26 February 1953) is an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church serving as the 33rd Bishop of Down and Connor in Northern Ireland.