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. The archdeaconry can trace its history back to

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who then became the Bishop of Ardagh. The Archdeaconry is now combined with that of Elphin, one of two within the United Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh

List of archdeacons

Previous holders include: *1683–1696 Andrew Charlton *1705–1747 Thomas Taylor *1751–1762 Robert Hort *1762–1778

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*1778–1790 Chambre Corker *1805–1820

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*1820–1839 Charles Le Poer Trench, a younger son of

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, *1839– Marcus Gervais Beresford, DD, PCi,Falkiner, C. L.,
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, later Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, 1870 –1874 *

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DD, later Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, 1874 –1884,

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, Tuesday, 22 January 1884; pg. 6; Issue 31036; col B ''Obituary John Richard Darley'' *1874–1891 Fitzmaurice Hunt *1891–1896 Frederic Potterton *1896–1915 William Moore, later Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, 1915–1930.

References

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