Archdeacon of Cork explained

Province of Dublin
Church:	Church of Ireland
Bishop:	Archbishop of Dublin
Cathedral:	Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Dioceses:	5
Parishes:	159

The Archdeacon of Cork was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.^[1] The Archdeacon was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy ^[2] within the Diocese.^[3]

The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Patrick M'Carthy who held the office in 1157.^[4]

Many of them went on to higher office:

• Henry de Thrapston
• William Steere
• Michael Boyle
• John Whetham
• Mervyn Archdall
• William Edward Flewett
  • Robert Thomas Hearn Hedley Webster
• Michael Hugh Gunton Mayes

The office has now been replaced by the post of Archdeacon of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Notes and References

1. http://cork.anglican.org/our-people/archdeacon/ Diocesan web site
2. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001
3. "Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross" Maziere Brady,W: London, Longmans, 1864
4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp250-254 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878