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Archdeacon of Down

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Province of Armagh
ChurchChurch of Ireland
Metropolitan bishopArchbishop of Armagh
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland)
Dioceses7

The Archdeacon of Down is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Down and Dromore.[1] As such he or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy.[2] within the diocese. The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Bernard who held the office in 1268.[3] The most recent incumbent was David McClay, who was elected Bishop of Down and Dromore on 4 November 2019.[4]

Notable incumbents

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References

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  1. ^ "Diocese of Down and Dromore". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. ^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
  3. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" pp229 Cotton, H. pp250-254 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  4. ^ "Archdeacon David McClay Elected as Bishop of Down and Dromore". Down & Dromore Diocese. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  5. ^ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  6. ^ "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  7. ^ Alan Ford, ‘Richardson, John (1579/80–1654)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200 accessed 12 Sept 2017
  8. ^ The Times, 25 June 1975; p. 2, Bishop of Derry to retire
  9. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  10. ^ "Diocese bids farewell to bishop". Church of Ireland. 13 January 1997. Retrieved 4 August 2009.