Archdeacon of Armagh
Anglican religious office
Province of Armagh | |
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Church | Church of Ireland |
Metropolitan bishop | Archbishop of Armagh |
Cathedral | St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland) |
Dioceses | 7 |
The Archdeacon of Armagh is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Armagh.[1] The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy [2] within the Diocese.[3]
History
The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Luke Netterville who held the office in 1207.[4] The current incumbent is Terry Scott.[5] In between, some of them went on to higher office:
- Robert Luttrell, (also Treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and later Lord Chancellor of Ireland c.1236-1246)
- John Vesey (later Archbishop of Tuam, 1679–1716)
- Charles Este (later Bishop of Ossory and Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
- Edward Stopford (later Bishop of Meath (1842–1850))
- Charles King Irwin (later Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe (1934–1942) and Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore (1942–1944))
References
- ^ Diocesan web site
- ^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
- ^ Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p43 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- ^ St SWithin's, Magherafelt
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Archdeacons of Armagh
- Luke Netterville
- Laurence
- Bertram
- Brice
- Nicholas de Mellipont
- William Morice
- Maurice Sweetman
- Richard Moore
- William Pieroun
- Roger Stedman
- William Somerville
- Richard Rowe
- John Prene
- John White
- Thomas Waryn
- James White
- Cormac Roth
- Thomas Leverous
- Gerald Renaldi
- Christopher Ussher
- Luke Ussher
- William Fullarton
- Thomas Vesey
- John Vesey
- William Smith
- Michael Ward
- Thomas Otway
- Edmund Arwaker
- John Travers
- Michael Heweton
- William Hamilton
- Charles Este
- Henry Jenny
- Charles Congreve
- Arthur Jacob
- John Freind
- William Sturrock
- Charles Knox
- Edward Stopford
- John Stokes
- Robert Dixon
- William Edward Meade
- Charles King Irwin
- Edward Meade
- Waller Hobson
- Charles King Irwin (son)
- Lockett Ford
- John Crooks
- Frederick Gowing
- Bill Colthurst
- Raymond Hoey
- Terry Scott