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Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Ireland
The Dean of Armagh in the
Church of Ireland is the
dean of the
Anglican St Patrick's Cathedral, the cathedral of the
Diocese of Armagh and the metropolitan cathedral of the
Province of Armagh, located in the town of
Armagh.
[1]
Shane Forster has been the dean since 2020.
Deans of Armagh
St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
- 1206
Richard
[2]
- 1238
Mauritius
[3]
- 1256
Joseph
[3]
- 1262–1272
Henry de Ardagh
[4]
- 1272–1301
Brice
[3]
- 1301–1330
Dionysius (or Denis)
[3]
- 1330–1334
David O'Hiraghty
- 1334–1362
Christopher O'Fearghila
- 1362
Patrick O'Kerry
[3]
- 1372 Maurice Dovey
[3]
- 1397
Maurice O'Corry (deprived 1398)
[3]
- 1398
John O'Goband
- 1406–1414
Thomas O'Luceran (deprived 1414)
[3]
- 1425–1441
Denis O'Cullean
[3]
- 1443–1474
Charles O'Niellan
[3]
- 1475-1483
Thomas M'Camail (died 1483)
[3]
- 1487–1492
Peter O'Mulmoy
- 1492–?
Donald Macrivayr
- 1518–1549
Edmund M'Camail
[3]
- 1551 Terence Daniel (or
Tirlagh O'Donnell)
[3]
- 1590-1609 or 1610 Eugene Woods
[3]
- 1610–1622
Robert Maxwell
[3]
- 1622
George Makeston (or Mackeson)
[3]
- 1635
James Frey
[3]
- 1636/7
Peter Wentworth (returned to England 1641 and made Archdeacon of Carlisle, 1643)
[3]
- 1643 William Sley
[3]
- 1661
Francis Marsh (afterwards
Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, 1667)
[3]
- 1667–1681
James Downham
[3]
- 1681–1690
Bartholomew Vigors (afterwards
Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, 1690)
[3]
- 1690/1–1722
Peter Drelincourt
[3]
- 1722–1731
Richard Daniel (afterwards
Dean of Down, 1731)
[3]
- 1731–1736
John Brandreth (afterwards
Dean of Emly, 1736)
[3]
- 1736–1753
James Auchmuty
[3]
- 1753–1764
Anthony Cope
[3]
- 1764–1768
Benjamin Barrington
[3]
- 1768–1796
Hugh Hamilton (afterwards
Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, 1796)
[3]
- 1796–1830
Rt Hon James Hewitt
[3]
- 1830–1841
James Edward Jackson
[3]
- 1841–1851
Edward Gustavus Hudson
[3]
- 1851–1874
Brabazon William Disney
- 1875–1886
William Reeves (afterwards
Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, 1886)
- 1886–1896
George Alexander Chadwick (afterwards Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, 1896)
- 1896
Augustine FitzGerald
- 1900
Robert James Shaw-Hamilton
- 1908
Francis George Le Poer McClintock
- 1924
Robert Smyly Greer Hamilton
- 1928–1938
Ford Tichborne (afterwards
Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, 1938)
- 1938
Thomas James McEndoo
- 1955
Henry West Rennison
- 1965
Henry Alexander Lillie
- 1979
John Robert Megaw Crooks
- 1989
Herbert Cassidy
- 2006–2011
Patrick William Rooke (afterwards
Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, 2011)
- 2011–2020
Gregory John Orchard Dunstan
- 2020–present
Shane Forster
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