Archdeacon of Aghadoe
| Province of Dublin | |
|---|---|
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| Church | Church of Ireland |
| Metropolitan bishop | Archbishop of Dublin |
| Cathedral | Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin |
| Dioceses | 5 |
The Archdeacon of Aghadoe was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe from the mid thirteenth century[1] to the early 20th.[2] As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy [3] within his part of the Diocese of Ardfert (until 1666); and then the combined combined diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe.
The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Dionysius (Archdeacon of Aghadoe) who held the office in 1266.[4] Two incumbents went on to hold other high offices:James Bland who became Dean of Ardfert[5] and Alexander Arbuthnot who went on to be Dean of Cloyne then Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora.[6] The last discrete incumbent was John George Fahy.
References
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton,H. pp453Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p81 London, Horace Cox, 1908
- ^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
- ^ Cotton (ibid)
- ^ Venn, John & Venn, John Archibald. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Cambridge University Press Part I vol. i p164
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine