Archdeacon of Kilfenora

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]

Province of Dublin
ChurchChurch of Ireland
Metropolitan bishopArchbishop of Dublin
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral, Dublin
Dioceses5

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

References
  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. 250-254 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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