Dean of Ossory

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The Dean of Ossory or Dean of Kilkenny is based at The Cathedral Church of St Canice, Kilkenny in the united Diocese of Cashel and Ossory within the Church of Ireland.

The current Dean is the Very Reverend Stephen Farrell, formerly Rector of Zion parish, Rathgar, Dublin and Provincial and Diocesan Registrar for the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough. [1]

List of deans of Ossory

St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny Kilkenny St Canice Cathedral SW 2007 08 28.jpg
St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny
Memorial to the Rev. Thomas Pack, Dean 1784-1795. Kilkenny memorial stone.jpg
Memorial to the Rev. Thomas Pack, Dean 1784–1795.

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References

  1. 1 2 "New Dean in Ossory - The Very Reverend Stephen Farrell". Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Cotton, Henry (1848). Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates and ..., Volume 2. p. 264. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Cathedral Church of St Canice". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  4. "New Dean of Ossory appointed". Church of Ireland. Retrieved 11 September 2018.