Archdeacon of Achonry explained

Province of Armagh
Church:	Church of Ireland
Bishop:	Archbishop of Armagh
Cathedral:	St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
Dioceses:	7
Parishes:	187

The Archdeacon of Achonry was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Achonry until 1622;Killala and Achonry from 1622 until 1834; and of Tuam, Killala and Achonry from 1834, although it has now been combined to include the area formerly served by the Archdeacon of Killala As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within his portion of the diocese.^[1] within the diocese. The Archdeaconry can trace its history back to Denis O'Miachain who in 1266 became bishop of the dioces^[2] to the last discrete incumbent George FitzHerbert McCormick.^[3]

Archdeacons

• Denis O'Miachain
• Dermit Ultagh
• Henry Sharpe
• John Archdall
• Edmund Rowlatt
• Henry Yeaden
• Thomas Walls
• Sankey Winter
• John Walls
• William Evelyn
• James Hutchinson
• Joseph Verschoyle was born in County Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[4] A nephew of Bishop James Verschoyle, he was Archdeacon of Achonry from 1813^[5] until his death in 1862.^[6]
• Hamilton Townsend
• John Gore
• George Heather
• John Geddes
• Theophilus Landey
• George McCormick

Notes and References

1. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001
2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" p107Cotton, H. Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
3. [Burke's Landed Gentry]
4. "Alumni Dublinenses p839: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
5. Book: Cotton, Henry . The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland . Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae . 4, The Province of Connaught . 1850 . Hodges and Smith . Dublin . 109 .
6. ECCLESIASTICAL Belfast News Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Monday, February 10, 1862; Issue 15196