Archdeacon of Ferns

Province of Dublin
Church Church of Ireland
Metropolitan bishop Archbishop of Dublin
Cathedral Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Dioceses 5

The Archdeacon of Ferns is a senior ecclesiastical officer[1] within the Church of Ireland[2] As such he (or since 1994 she) is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy[3] within the Ferns Diocese.

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ “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
  3. ↑ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
  4. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p360 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  5. ↑ "Wexford Echo — Rev Robert Gray installed as Archdeacon of Ferns". wexfordecho.ie. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
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