The Archdeacon of Ferns is a senior ecclesiastical officer[1] within the Church of Ireland.[2] The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy[3] within the Ferns Diocese, now part of the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory.
Province of Dublin | |
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Church | Church of Ireland |
Metropolitan bishop | Archbishop of Dublin |
Cathedral | Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin |
Dioceses | 5 |
The archdeaconry can trace its history from Reginald, the first known incumbent, who held the office between 1223 and 1230,[4] to the current incumbent Bob Gray who was appointed in 2015.[5]
References
edit- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ A New History of Ireland by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- ^ ABCD: a basic church dictionary. Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
- ^ Cotton, Henry (1848). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 2, The Province of Leinster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 360–362.
- ^ "Wexford Echo — Rev Robert Gray installed as Archdeacon of Ferns". wexfordecho.ie. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.