Archdeacon of Armagh

Province of Armagh
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 Rev Dr Peter Thompson. 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

1. Diocesan web site
2. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN   978-1-85311-420-5
3. Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh
4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p43 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878