Archdeacon of Kilfenora

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The Archdeacon of Kilfenora was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Kilfenora until 1643;^[1] the Archdiocese of Tuam until 1752;^[2]^[3] the Diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora until 1834; and the Diocese of Killaloe and Clonfert until 1923 when it was amalgamated with Killaloe.^[4]

The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Charles who held the office in 1302^[5] through to the last discrete holder Arthur Tatton.^{[ citation needed ]}

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References

↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
↑ Cotton 1850, The Province of Connaught, pp. 4–12.
↑ Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, Maps, Genealogies, Lists, pp. 318–320.
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p1819: London, Horace Cox, 1929
↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp. 511 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878

Sources

Cotton, Henry (1850). The Province of Connaught. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Vol. 4. Dublin: Hodges and Smith.
Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.

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[1] Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

[2] Cotton 1850, The Province of Connaught, pp. 4–12.

[3] Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, Maps, Genealogies, Lists, pp. 318–320.

[4] Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p1819: London, Horace Cox, 1929

[5] "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp. 511 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878

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