Anthony Farquhar

The Most Reverend Anthony J. Farquhar D.D., S.T.L., B.A. (born 6 September 1940) is the Roman Catholic emeritus Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Down and Connor.

Anthony Farquhar was born and raised in South Belfast and educated at St. Malachy's College. He later studied Classics at Queen’s University, Belfast. He was then sent to study Theology at the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on 13 March 1965, aged 24.

He was Assistant Priest at Dunsford and Ardglass Parish. He was a hospital chaplain in 1966. He was later assigned to teach Latin at St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower. where he stayed as a teacher from 1966 to 1970. From 1970 to 1975 he was Assistant Chaplain, along with Rt Rev Msgr Ambrose Macaul ay, to Queen's University, Belfast and finally as Chaplain/Lecturer at the University of Ulster from 1975 to 1983.

His main outside interests are folk music and football, particularly student football. He is a very active President of Queens University Association Football Club and Patron of the Irish Universities Football Union.

On 6 April 1983, aged 42, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Hermiana and, with Canon Patrick Walsh, as Auxiliary Bishop of Down & Connor. The Principal Consecrator was the Bishop of Down and Connor, Cahal Daly, (now Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Armagh) and Principal Co- Consecrators were Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi, the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland and Bishop William J. Philbin (Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor). His Episcopal Motto is 'Sapientia Proficere' ('to increase in wisdom') from Luke 2:52. He is currently Chairman of the Irish Bishops Conference on Ecumenism.

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