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Dean Of Leighlin
The Dean of Leighlin is based at the Cathedral Church of St Laserian, Old Leighlin in the united Diocese of Cashel and Ossory within the Church of Ireland. The current incumbent is Thomas W. Gordon. List of deans of Leighlin *1603/4–1614 Thomas Tedder *1614–1618 Randolph Barlow (afterwards Dean of Christ Church, Dublin, 1618 and Archbishop of Tuam 1629) *1618–1637 John Parker *1637–1639 Hugh Cressy (later converted to Roman Catholicism as Serenus Cressy) *1665/6–1668 John Nearne *1668–1671 George Burdett *1671/2 Samuel Burgess *1691 or 1692 Noah Webbe *1695/6–1723 John Francis *1723 William Crosse *1749–1753 Bartholemew Vigors *1755–1764 John Featherston *1765–1777 Charles Doyne *1777–1778 Richard Stewart *1778–1804 Stewart Blacker *1804–1822 George Maunsell *1822–1850 Hon Richard Boyle Bernard *1850–1854 Hugh Usher Tighe (afterwards Dean of Ardagh, 1854) *1854–1864 James Lyster (afterwards Dean of Ontario The Dean of Ont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin
St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin, previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Leighlin, is now one of the six cathedral churches in the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory of the Church of Ireland. It is situated on the site of a mediaeval monastery in the village of Old Leighlin, County Carlow, Ireland, some 12 km south of Carlow town in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. History A monastery was founded at Old Leighlin by St Gobhan early in the seventh century; he moved on and left the monastery under the direction of his brother, St Laisrén. In 630, it was the location of a synod, where St Laisrén convinced a group of Irish bishops to relinquish the Celtic method of calculating the date of Easter for the Roman one. The original monastic buildings were probably made of wood and were destroyed by fire, c.1060. Leighlin was named as one of five bishoprics of Leinster at the Synod of Ráth Breasail in 1111. The present building was begun by Donat O'Kelly or Donatus, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Watson (priest)
Francis Metcalf Watson was Dean of Leighlin from 1868 until 1876. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was the incumbent at Leighlinbridge Leighlinbridge (; ) is a small town on the River Barrow in County Carlow, Ireland. The N9 National primary route once passed through the village, which was by-passed in the 1980s. It now lies on the R705 regional road. It covers the townla .... He died on 3 December 1876.''Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries'' Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), Thursday, 14 December 1876 References 1876 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Leighlin Year of birth missing Place of birth missing {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gordon (priest)
Thomas William Gordon (born 1957) is the current dean of Leighlin. He was born in Portadown, educated at the University of Ulster and ordained deacon in 1989 and priest in 1980. He began his ecclesiastical career as a minor canon at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast. He was the priest vicar at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin from 1996 to 2010, when he moved to Old Leighlin. In 2011, Gordon became the first cleric of the Church of Ireland to enter into a same-sex civil partnership A civil union (also known as a civil partnership) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, created primarily as a means to provide recognition in law for same-sex couples. Civil unions grant some or all of the rights of marriage ..., and this was welcomed by his community. References 1957 births Living people Alumni of Ulster University Deans of Leighlin {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
