The Dean of Killaloe is based at the
Cathedral Church of St Flannan in Killaloe in the united diocese of
Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert within the Church of Ireland. The Dean of Killaloe is also Dean of
St Brendans, Clonfert,
Dean of Kilfenora
The Dean of Kilfenora was based at the Cathedral Church of St Fachnan (also known as St Fachtna) in Kilfenora, Clare in the small Diocese of Kilfenora within the Church of Ireland. It is probable that the Dean and Chapter were established aroun ...
, and both Dean and Provost of Kilmacduagh.
Since 2020 the incumbent is Roderick Lindsay Smyth.
Deans of Killaloe
*1602–1624 Hugh O'Hogan
*1624–>1627 Richard Hacket
[
*1628 Alexander Spicer ][
*1637–1643 John Parker ][
*1643–1649 John Parker (son of above, deprived 1649 but later appointed ]Bishop of Elphin
The Bishop of Elphin (; ) is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other ...
, 1660)
*''Interregnum''
*1661 Jasper Pheasant [
*1692–1699 Jerome Ryves (afterwards ]Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral
The Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral is the senior cleric of the Protestant St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, elected by the chapter of the cathedral. The office was created in 1219 or 1220, by one of several charters granted to the cathedral by Ar ...
, 1699) [
*1699–1727 James Abbadie (also known as Jakob Abbadie, writer) ][
*1727–1749 Giles Eyre][
*1750–1761 Hon Charles Talbot Blayney, 8th Baron Blayney ][
*1761–1768 William Henry][
*1768–1772 Hon Joseph Deane Bourke (afterwards ]Dean of Dromore
The Dean of Dromore has responsibility for Dromore Cathedral in the Diocese of Down and Dromore in the Church of Ireland.
Deans of Dromore
*1693/4 Isaac Plume
*1609 William Todd
*1621 Thomas Wilson
*1622 John Wall
*1623 Robert Dawson
*1628/9 W ...
, 1772 and later Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin
The Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary of Church of Ireland diocese of Ferns and Leighlin in the Province of Dublin. The diocese comprised all of counties Wexford and Carlow and part of counties Wicklow and Laois in Republic of Ire ...
) [
*1772–1780 William Cecil Pery (afterwards ]Dean of Derry
The Dean of Derry is based at St Columb's Cathedral, Derry in the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe in the Church of Ireland.
The current Dean of Derry is Raymond Stewart. He was appointed to the cathedral in December 2016 and inaugurated on 28 March ...
, 1780) [
*1780–1781 Samuel Rastall ][
*1781–1787 Hon Thomas Stopford (afterwards Dean of Ferns, 1787) ][
*1787–1790 John Murray ][
*1790–1808 Peter Carleton ][
*1808–1828 John Bayly (afterwards ]Dean of Lismore
The Dean of Lismore is based at The Cathedral Church of St Carthage, Lismore in the united Diocese of Cashel and Ossory within the Church of Ireland.
The current incumbent is Paul Draper.
List of deans of Lismore
*?–1549 James Butler
*156 ...
, 1828) [
*1828–1830 Allen Morgan ][
*1830–1871 John Head ][
*1871–1880 James Hastings Allen ][
*1880–1886 Joseph Frederick Robbins ][
*1886–1917 Robert Humphries ][
*1917–? Henry John Gillespie ][
*1936–1943 Robert McNeil Boyd (afterwards ]Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora
The Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora in the Province of Cashel; comprising all of County Clare and the northern part of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland.
The Ep ...
, 1943)
*1957–1972 Edwin Owen (afterwards Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert, 1972)
''For Deans of Killaloe and Clonfert see below''
Deans of Clonfert
*1308 Gregory O'Brogan [
*1319 James ][
*13??-1392 Michael (or Nicholas) O'Kelly died ][
*1407–1438 Thomas O'Longain ][
*1460–1470 Simon McKeogh ][
*1534 Roland de Burgo (made Bishop of Clonfert 1541 but remained Dean ''in commendam''; died 1580) ][
*c1591 Donat O'Lorchan ][
*1597/8 Arilan Loughlin ][
*1622–1627 Revatius (or Ryvas) Tully ]
*1627/8 Robert Mawe [
*1638 Samuel Pullein (fled to England, 1641, later ]Archbishop of Tuam
The Archbishop of Tuam ( ; ga, Ard-Easpag Thuama) is an archbishop which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Catholic Church.
Histor ...
, 1661) [
*''Interregnum''
*1661/2–1666 Richard Heaton ][
*1666 Nicholas Proude ][
*1669/70 Joshua Brooksbank ][
*1692–1726 John Burdett ][
*1726–1745 Robert Taylour ][
*1745–1766 William Crowe ][
*1766–1812 William Digby ][
*1812–1850 Thomas Hawkins ][
*1850–1864 Robert Mitchell Kennedy ][Kennedy's name is incorrectly printed as 'Edward Mitchell Kennedy' in both Vols. II and IV of ''Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae'']
Vol II, pp. 148, 179
an
Vol IV, p. 180
*1864–1866 Charles Graves (afterwards Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
The Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, which was in the Province of Cashel until 1833, then afterwards in the Province of Dublin.
History
The title was ...
1866)
*1866–?1897 James Byrne (died 1897)
*?–?1906 Philip Graydon Tibbs (died 1906)
*1926–1942 Le Bel Holbrooke Edward ffrench
Deans of Killaloe, Clonfert, Kilfenora and Kilmacduagh
*1972-1986 Francis Robert Bourke
*1987-1995 Ernon Cope Todd Perdue
*1996-2001 Nicholas Marshall Cummins
*2002–2012 Stephen Ross White
*2013–2021 Gary Paulsen
*2021–present Roderick Lindsay Smyth
References
{{Deans in the Church of Ireland
Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe
Killaloe, Clonfert, Kilfenora and Kilmachduagh
Deans of Killaloe and Clonfert