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Dónal McKeown is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and Bishop of Derry in Ireland. He previously served as Titular Bishop of Cell Ausaille and auxiliary bishop in The Diocese of Down and Connor. ==Early years== He was born on 12 April 1950 in Belfast and baptised in St. Patrick's Church in Donegall Street, though his childhood was spent in Randalstown, County Antrim. He was educated at Mount St Michael's Primary School and St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower where he was a boarder from 1961–1968. He completed his O-Levels and A-Levels with special distinction in Modern Languages. Two of his teachers were his future brother bishops, Fr Anthony Farquhar (who taught Latin) and Fr Patrick Walsh (who taught Mathematics). He entered the Diocesan Seminary, Saint Malachy's College, in 1968, and studied at Queen's University, Belfast, where he obtained a Bachelor's Degree with Honours in German and Italian in 1973. From 1970 to 1971 he taught English at a school in Dieburg Germany. From 1971–73 he was Northern Ireland correspondent for the German Katholische Nachrichten Agentur (KNA). Then from 1973 to 1978 he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, obtaining the degree of Licentiate in Sacred Theology. During the five years in Rome he did occasional work as a newscaster for the Vatican Radio and as correspondent for An Saol Mor, an Irish language programme on RTÉ, the Irish national radio station. After ordination to the priesthood in 1977, he was briefly chaplain at Mater Infirmorum Hospital in Belfast. In 1978 he began a 23-year career as a teacher. He was appointed to teach Religious Education, and German at St. Patrick's College, Knock (1978–83) while assisting at the same time in the parish of Derriaghy. In 1983 he was appointed to as a Teacher at his ''alma mater'' St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower. He continued his involvement with youth programmes and is credited as the founder of the ''Diocesan Lourdes Youth Team'' in 1985. Bishop Cahal Daly then appointed him to teach full-time at St. Malachy's College, Belfast in 1987 and also to be in charge as Dean of the Seminary which was situated in St Malachy's. In 1995 he succeeded Canon Noel Conway as President of St. Malachy's College. He twice ran the full Belfast Marathon – 1982 with a team of 48 the parish of Derriaghy and as Bishop in 2001 in an attempt to raise money for a minibus for St Malachy's. While in the post of President, McKeown continued his own education, taking a Masters Degree in Business Administration specialising in educational management from the University of Leicester in 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donal McKeown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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