Archdeacon of Armagh

Province of Armagh
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 Armagh is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Armagh.^[1] The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy ^[2] within the Diocese.^[3]

History

The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Luke Netterville who held the office in 1207.^[4] The current incumbent is Terry Scott.^[5] In between, some of them went on to higher office:

Robert Luttrell, (also Treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and later Lord Chancellor of Ireland c.1236-1246)
John Vesey (later Archbishop of Tuam, 1679–1716)
Charles Este (later Bishop of Ossory and Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
Edward Stopford (later Bishop of Meath (1842–1850))
Charles King Irwin (later Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe (1934–1942) and Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore (1942–1944))

References

^ Diocesan web site
^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
^ Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh
^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p43 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
^ St SWithin's, Magherafelt

[1] Diocesan web site

[2] "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5

[3] Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh

[4] "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p43 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878

[5] St SWithin's, Magherafelt

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