Archdeacon of Down explained

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diocese of Down and Dromore . 12 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160416085240/http://downanddromore.org/pages/diocesan-info/st-annes-cathedral#.WbgdIbpFyUk . 16 April 2016 . dead .
  2. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001
  3. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" pp229 Cotton, H. pp250-254 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  4. Web site: Archdeacon David McClay Elected as Bishop of Down and Dromore. Down & Dromore Diocese. 2020-02-12.
  5. Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996, 0713642556
  6. "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976
  7. Alan Ford, ‘Richardson, John (1579/80–1654)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200 accessed 12 Sept 2017
  8. [The Times]
  9. [Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who”]
  10. Web site: Diocese bids farewell to bishop . 13 January 1997 . Church of Ireland . 4 August 2009.

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