Dioceses of the Church of Ireland | |
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Church | Church of Ireland |
Metropolitan bishop | Archbishop of Dublin |
Cathedral | Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin |
Dioceses | 5 |
The Archdeacon of Ardfert was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe from the early thirteenth century [1] to the early twentieth. [2] As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy [3] within his part of the Diocese of Ardfert (until 1666); and then the combined diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe.
The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Florence, who was mentioned in a document in the Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin archives as holding the office circa 1227. [1] Two incumbents went on to hold bishoprics: John Smith (bishop of Killala and Achonry) [4] and Raymond d’Audemar Orpen. [5] Edward Day, Archdeacon 1782-1788, was a much-loved local figure, "a man of great erudition and unbounded benevolence". His grand-nephew Anthony Denny was also Archdeacon. The last discrete incumbent was William Foley.
The Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert or the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe in the Province of Dublin. Since 2022, the bishop has been Michael Burrows.
The Bishop of Limerick is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Limerick in the Province of Munster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it still continues as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.
The Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe was an episcopal title which took its name after the village of Ardfert and townland of Aghadoe, both in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland.
The Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, which was in the Province of Cashel until 1833, then afterwards in the Province of Dublin.
Thomas Barnard was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland as Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora (1780–1794) and Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe (1794–1806).
Raymond d’Audemar Orpen was an Irish cleric in the 20th century.
Harry de Vere Dawson White was an Irish Anglican bishop in the 20th century.
Edwin Owen was an Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland.
Edward Stopford was an Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland in the 19th century. A former Archdeacon of Armagh, he became Bishop of Meath in 1842 and died in post on 17 September 1850.
The Dean of Limerick and Ardfert is based in the Cathedral Church of St Mary's in Limerick in the united diocese of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert within the Church of Ireland. St Brendan's Cathedral, Ardfert was destroyed by fire in 1641.
Robert William Henry Maude (1784–1861) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the nineteenth century.
The Archdeacon of Emly was a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Emly and its successor amalgamated dioceses.
Robert Cashin was an Irish Anglican priest.
Robert Cashin was an Eighteenth Century Irish Anglican priest.
The Archdeacon of Aghadoe was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe from the mid thirteenth century to the early 20th. As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within his part of the Diocese of Ardfert ; and then the combined diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe.
The Archdeacon of Armagh is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Armagh. The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the Diocese.
James William Forster, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, was Archdeacon of Aghadoe from 1834 and Vicar general of the Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe until his death on 28 May 1861.
The Archdeacon of Cashel, Waterford and Lismore is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Cashel and Ossory. The current incumbent is Bob Gray. As such he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the parts of the diocese covered formerly by the Archdeacons of Cashel, Waterford and Lismore.
John Jebb was an Irish Anglican priest in the second half of the 18th century.
The Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe is a diocese of the Church of Ireland that is located in the west of Ireland. The diocese was formed by a merger of the former Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry and the former Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe in 2022, after the retirement of the separate dioceses' bishops and the appointment of Michael Burrows as bishop of the united diocese. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. It is one of the eleven Church of Ireland dioceses that cover the whole of Ireland. The largest diocese by area in the Church of Ireland, it covers all of counties Clare, Galway, Kerry, Limerick and Mayo, plus parts of counties Cork, Sligo, Roscommon, Offaly, Laois and Tipperary.