The Dean of Armagh in the

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is the

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of the Anglican St Patrick's Cathedral, the cathedral of the Diocese of Armagh and the metropolitan cathedral of the Province of Armagh, located in the town of

Armagh Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...

. Shane Forster has been the dean since 2020.

Deans of Armagh

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*1262–1272 Henry de ArdaghArmagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh
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(or Denis) *1330–1334 David O'Hiraghty *1334–1362 Christopher O'Fearghila *1362 Patrick O'Kerry *1372 Maurice Dovey *1397 Maurice O'Corry (deprived 1398) *1398 John O'Goband *1406–1414 Thomas O'Luceran (deprived 1414) *1425–1441 Denis O'Cullean *1443–1474 Charles O'Niellan *1475-1483 Thomas M'Camail (died 1483) *1487–1492 Peter O'Mulmoy *1492–? Donald Macrivayr *1518–1549 Edmund M'Camail *1551 Terence Daniel (or Tirlagh O'Donnell) *1590-1609 or 1610 Eugene Woods *1610–1622

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*1622 George Makeston (or Mackeson) *1635

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(returned to England 1641 and made Archdeacon of Carlisle, 1643) *1643 William Sley *1661

Francis Marsh Francis Marsh (23 October 1626 – 16 November 1693) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1682 to 1693. He had previously been Dean of Connor (1660–1661), Dean of Armagh (1661–1667), Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe and Kilmore and Ardagh. ...

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, 1667) *1667–1681 James Downham *1681–1690 Bartholomew Vigors (afterwards

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, 1690) *1690/1–1722

Peter Drelincourt Peter Drelincourt (22 July 1644 in Paris – 7 March 1722 in Armagh), was Dean of Armagh. He was the sixth son of Charles Drelincourt, minister of the reformed church in Paris, and graduated M.A. at Trinity College, Dublin, 1681, and LL.D. 16 ...

*1722–1731

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Dean of Down The Dean of Down is based in The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Downpatrick within the Diocese of Down and Dromore of the Church of Ireland. The current incumbent is T. Henry Hull. Deans of Down *1541 Connor Magennis *1609 ...

, 1731) *1731–1736 John Brandreth (afterwards

Dean of Emly The Dean of Emly was based at The Cathedral Church of St Alibeus, Emly in the former Diocese of Emly within the Church of Ireland. St Alibeus' cathedral was demolished in 1877. List of deans of Emly *1245–1251 Gilbert O'Doherty (Gilbertus)(aft ...

, 1736) *1736–1753

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*1753–1764 Anthony Cope *1764–1768 Benjamin Barrington *1768–1796 Hugh Hamilton (afterwards

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, 1796) *1796–1830 Rt Hon James Hewitt *1830–1841 James Edward Jackson *1841–1851 Edward Gustavus Hudson *1851–1874

Brabazon William Disney Brabazon William Disney was an Irish Dean in the middle of the 19th century. Disney was born in County Louth on 13 July 1797 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He held incumbencies at Siddan, Stackallan and Inishmot before becoming ...

*1875–1886 William Reeves (afterwards

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, 1886) *1886–1896 George Alexander Chadwick (afterwards Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, 1896) *1896

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*1900 Robert James Shaw-Hamilton *1908 Francis George Le Poer McClintock *1924 Robert Smyly Greer Hamilton *1928–1938 Ford Tichborne (afterwards Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, 1938) *1938 Thomas James McEndoo *1955 Henry West Rennison *1965 Henry Alexander Lillie *1979 John Robert Megaw Crooks *1989 Herbert Cassidy *2006–2011 Patrick William Rooke (afterwards

Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry The Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry in the Province of Armagh.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition)'', Church House Publishing (). The ...

, 2011) *2011–2020 Gregory John Orchard Dunstan *2020–present Shane Forster

References

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