Archdeacon of Armagh
{{Short description|Anglican religious office}}
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{{Infobox Anglican province
|name=Province of Armagh
|image=Dioceses of the Church of Ireland.png
|image_caption=Brown coloured areas
|church=Church of Ireland
|bishop=Archbishop of Armagh
|cathedral=St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland)
|dioceses=7
|parishes=187
}}
The Archdeacon of Armagh is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Armagh.[http://armagh.anglican.org/ Diocesan web site] The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 {{ISBN|978-1-85311-420-5}} within the Diocese.[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/james-b-leslie/armagh-clergy-and-parishes--being-an-account-of-the-clergy-of-the-church-of-ire-lse/page-7-armagh-clergy-and-parishes--being-an-account-of-the-clergy-of-the-church-of-ire-lse.shtml Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh]
History
The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Luke Netterville who held the office in 1207."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p43 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 The current incumbent is Terry Scott.[http://www.stswithins.co.uk/canon-terry-scott St SWithin's, Magherafelt ] In between, some of them went on to higher office:
- Robert Luttrell, (also Treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and later Lord Chancellor of Ireland c.1236-1246)
- John Vesey (later Archbishop of Tuam, 1679–1716)
- Charles Este (later Bishop of Ossory and Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
- Edward Stopford (later Bishop of Meath (1842–1850))
- Charles King Irwin (later Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe (1934–1942) and Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore (1942–1944))
References
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Category:Lists of Anglican archdeacons in Ireland