Archdeacon of the Isles

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The Archdeacon of the Isles (or Sodor) was the only archdeacon in the diocese of the Isles, acting as a subordinate of the Bishop of the Isles. The number and names of the prebends, if any, associated with the archdeaconry in the later Middle Ages are not known. [1] Before the break-away of the diocese of Man during the Western Schism, the archdeacons held Kirk Andreas as a prebend. [2] The office seems to have fallen into disuse after the time of Alasdair Caimbeul, who received crown presentation to the position in 1592. [3] It was to be revived in 1662. [3]

An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Syriac Orthodox Church, Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Catholic Church. An archdeacon is often responsible for administration within an archdeaconry, which is the principal subdivision of the diocese. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church has defined an archdeacon as "A cleric having a defined administrative authority delegated to him by the bishop in the whole or part of the diocese." The office has often been described metaphorically as that of oculus episcopi, the "bishop's eye".

Diocese of the Isles

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Bishop of the Isles

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List of archdeacons of Man

List of archdeacons of the Isles

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Notes

  1. ↑ Cowan, Parishes, p. 220
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 271
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 274
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 272
  5. ↑ Became Bishop of the Isles; Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 272
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 273
  7. ↑ Became Bishop of Killala; Watt and Murray, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 273

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