Archdeacon of Dromore

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 Dromore is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Down and Dromore. ^[1] The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of clergy ^[2] within the diocese.

History

The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Andreas, who held the office before becoming bishop of Dromore in 1244. ^[3] The current incumbent is Mark Harvey. In between, many of them went on to higher office:

• 1663–1664: Thomas Bayly
• 1664–1665: Patrick Sheridan (Bishop of Cloyne, 1679–1682)
• 1667–1682: Patrick Sheridan
• 1832–1879: James Saurin
• 1886–: Theophilus Campbell
• 1895–1905: Jonathan Harding
• 1905–1929: Edward Atkinson
• 1930–1932: William Kerr (Bishop of Down and Dromore, 1944–1955)
• –1970: Samuel Crooks (Dean of Belfast, 1970–1985)
• 1970–1985: Jack Shearer (Dean of Belfast, 1985–2001)
• 1985–1987: William Neill
• Ken Good (Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, 2002–2019)
• 1997–2005: David Chillingworth (Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 2004–2017)
• 2005–2011: John Scott
• 2011–2023: Roderic West
• 2023–: Mark Harvey

See also

• Archdeacon of Down
• Archdeacon of Connor
• Clanwilliam Earldom
• Freeman Wills Crofts
• John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam

References

1. Diocesan web site
2. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN   978-1-85311-420-5
3. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. pp295-297 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878