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The office of Archdeacon of Glendalough is a senior ecclesiastical role within the Anglican
Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough The United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in the east of Ireland. It is headed by the Archbishop of Dublin, who is also styled the Primate of Ireland. The diocesan cathedral is Christ Church Cathedr ...
, previously the Diocese of Glendalough. As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the
Diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
. The Roman Catholic succession of the role ceased long ago but it continues in the Church of Ireland.


History

The
archdeaconry An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of mo ...
can trace its history back to Conaing O'Carrail who held the office in 1031. Notable holders include
William de la Corner William de la Corner was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury, who fought a long but unsuccessful battle to become Archbishop of Dublin. Biography Corner was a papal chaplain and proctor as well as a royal envoy. He successively held the offices of pre ...
(an unsuccessful candidate to be Archbishop of Dublin, and later
Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat ...
from 1288 to 1291); Nicholas de Balscote, an English-born official and judge in fourteenth-century Ireland;
Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus (c. 1568–1643), was Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1619 and from 1622 raised to the peerage of Ireland as Viscount Loftus of Ely, King's County. His uncle, another Adam Loftus, was both Lord Chancellor of Irela ...
; Edward Parry (Bishop of Killaloe from 1647 to 1650); and Edward Moore ( Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh from 1959 to 1981).


21st century

The current holder of the office is Neal John O'Raw.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Glendalough, Archdeacons of Lists of Anglican archdeacons in Ireland Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough Religion in County Dublin