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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]
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:
The Church of Ireland is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second largest Christian church on the island after the Roman Catholic Church. Like other Anglican churches, it has retained elements of pre-Reformation practice, notably its episcopal polity, while rejecting the primacy of the Pope.
The Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral is the senior cleric of the Protestant St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, elected by the chapter of the cathedral. The office was created in 1219 or 1220, by one of several charters granted to the cathedral by Archbishop Henry de Loundres between 1218 and 1220.
The Archdiocese of Armagh is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the northern part of Ireland. The ordinary is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh who is also the Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical province of Armagh and the Primate of All Ireland. The mother church is St Patrick's Cathedral. The claim of the archdiocese to pre-eminence in Ireland as the primatial see rests upon its traditional establishment by Saint Patrick circa 445. It was recognised as a metropolitan province in 1152 by the Synod of Kells.
The Diocese of Down and Dromore is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in the south east of Northern Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. The geographical remit of the diocese covers half of the City of Belfast to the east of the River Lagan and the part of County Armagh east of the River Bann and all of County Down.
Charles King Irwin was an eminent Irish clergyman in the middle third of the 20th century.
Robert Samuel Gregg was a 19th-century Anglican bishop.
Peter Drelincourt, was Dean of Armagh. He was the sixth son of Charles Drelincourt, minister of the reformed church in Paris, and graduated M.A. at Trinity College, Dublin, 1681, and LL.D. 1691.
'Michael Ward (1643-1681) was a 17th-century Anglican bishop and academic in Ireland.
The Archdeacon of Kells, alias the Archdeacon of Nobber, was a medieval ecclesiastical post in the Diocese of Meath in the Kingdom of Meath, Ireland. The Archdeaconry was officially established sometime between the 11th and 13th centuries, and was annexed to the Rectory of Nobber. In the 16th Century, the office was briefly united to the Bishopric of Meath, but afterwards separated again. As a consequence of the Reformation, the Archbishop of Armagh held the "Archdeacony of Kells, in commendam 1569 to 1584". Sometime before 1622, the Archdeacon of Kells and Rectory of Nobber were permanently united to the bishopric of Meath.
The office of Archdeacon of Glendalough is a senior ecclesiastical role within the Anglican Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, previously the Diocese of Glendalough. As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the Diocese. The Roman Catholic succession of the role ceased long ago but it continues in the Church of Ireland.
The Archdeacon of Ardagh was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Ardagh. As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the Diocese.
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Roger Stedman was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1414 to 1426: he is also recorded as a Prebendary of Tipperkevin at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1438
John White was a 15th-century Archdeacon in Ireland.
Luke Ussher was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1622 until his death on 6 November 1632.
William Fullarton was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1633 until 1655.
William Smith was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1669 until his death in 1673.
Henry Jenney, was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1733 to 1738.
Charles Knox was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1814 until his death.