Archdeacon of Kilfenora

{{Short description|Senior ecclesiastical officer}}

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The Archdeacon of Kilfenora was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Kilfenora until 1643;{{cite book |editor1-last=Fryde |editor1-first=E. B. |editor2-last=Greenway |editor2-first=D. E. |editor3-last=Porter |editor3-first=S. |editor4-last=Roy |editor4-first=I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd, reprinted 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }} the Archdiocese of Tuam until 1752;{{Harvnb|Cotton|1850}}, The Province of Connaught, pp. 4–12.{{Harvnb|Moody|Martin|Byrne|1984}}, Maps, Genealogies, Lists, pp. 318–320. the Diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora until 1834; and the Diocese of Killaloe and Clonfert until 1923 when it was amalgamated with Killaloe.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p1819: London, Horace Cox, 1929

The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Charles who held the office in 1302"[https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaehi01cottuoft Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1]" Cotton, H. pp. 511 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 through to the last discrete holder Arthur Tatton.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}