The Dean of Limerick and Ardfert is based in the Cathedral Church of St Mary's in Limerick in the united diocese of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert within the Church of Ireland. St Brendan's Cathedral,

Ardfert Ardfert () is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only from Tralee. The population of the village was 749 at the 2 ...

was destroyed by fire in 1641. The current incumbent is The Very Reverend Niall Sloane.

List of deans of Limerick

*1588–1603 Denis Campbell (appointed

Bishop of Derry The Bishop of Derry is an episcopal title which takes its name after the monastic settlement originally founded at Daire Calgach and later known as Daire Colm Cille, Anglicised as Derry. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, b ...

, Raphoe and

Clogher Clogher () is a village and civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, 5.8 miles from the border crossing to County Monaghan. It stands on the townlands of Clogher Demesne and ...

but died before consecration in 1603) *1603–1635 George Andrew (afterwards

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 ...

1635) *1635–1635 Michael Wandesford (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 ...

1635) *1635 Henry Sutton *1640 Robert Naylor *1661–1666 Richard Boyle (afterwards

1666) *1666–1679 John Smith (afterwards Bishop of Killala and Achonry 1679) *1679 Thomas Hynde *1692–1704 Ezechiel Webbe *1704 George Water Story *1721 Thomas Bindon *1740–1766 Charles Massy *1766–1771

John Averell John Averell was an Irish bishop in the third quarter of the 18th century. A former Dean of Emly,"Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton,H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860 Averell was Dean of Limerick from 176 ...

(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 ...

1771) *1771–1809 Maurice Crosbie *1809–1844 Arthur John Preston *1844-1849 William Higgin (afterwards

1849) *1849–1868 Anthony Kirwan *1868–1872 Maurice Day (afterwards

Bishop of Cashel and Waterford The Bishop of Cashel and Waterford (''Full title'': Bishop of Cashel and Emly with Waterford and Lismore) was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Cashel and Waterford; comprising all of County Waterford, the southern part of County ...

1872) *1872–1899 Thomas Bunbury (afterwards

1849) *1899–1905 James Gregg *1905–1913 Lucius O'Brien *1913–1928 Aylmer Hackett *1929–1953 George Swain *1954–1971 Maurice Talbot *1971–1981

Walton Empey Walton Newcombe Francis Empey (born 26 October 1934) is a retired Church of Ireland bishop. He was formerly the Archbishop of Dublin. Empey was born in Dublin, the son of the Reverend Francis Fullerton Empey and Mildred May "Mimi" Empey (né ...

(afterwards

Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe The Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert or the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe ( ; ''Full title'': Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly) is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united D ...

, 1981) *1981-1986 George Chambers ''See below for Deans of Limerick and Ardfert''

Deans of Ardfert

*1603–1603 Richard Southwell *1603 Robert Chaffe *1619/20-1628 William Steere (afterwards

Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe The Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (usually simply referred to as the Bishop of Ardfert) was an episcopal title which took its name after the village of Ardfert and townland of Aghadoe, both in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. History The dioce ...

1628) *1630 Charles Baden *1635 Thomas Gray *1661 Daniel Witter (afterwards

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 ...

and later

Bishop of Killaloe The Bishop of Killaloe ( ) is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Killaloe in County Clare, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bish ...

1669) *1664 Thomas Bladen *1686 John Richards *1727/8 James Bland *1728 William Smyth (Archdeacon of Meath, 1730) *1732–1747 Charles Meredyth, son of

Thomas Meredyth Lieutenant-General Thomas Meredyth or Meredith (after 1661–1719), of Chelsea, Middlesex, was an Irish officer of the British Army and a politician who sat in the Parliament of Ireland from 1703 to 1719 and as a Whig in the British House of Co ...

of Newtown, co. Meath *1747–1766 Sir Philip Hoby, 5th Baronet *1766–1772 Edward Bayly (afterwards Archdeacon of Dublin, 1772) *1785–1802 Thomas Graves (afterwards Dean of Connor, 1802) *1802–1842

Gilbert Holmes Gilbert Holmes (1772–1846) was a clergyman in the Church of Ireland during the late 18th century and the first four decades of the nineteenth century. Holmes was educated at Trinity College Dublin. He was Dean of Ardfert The Dean of Limeric ...

*1847–1861 Arthur Irwin *1861–1879 John Godfrey Day (died 1878) *1879–1894 Thomas Moriarty *1895–1906 Abraham Isaac *1906–1911 James MacEwan *1911–1917

Robert Beatty Robert Rutherford Beatty (19 October 1909 – 3 March 1992) was a Canadian actor who worked in film, television and radio for most of his career and was especially known in the UK. Early years Beatty was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the son of ...

*1918–1924 George Power *1924–1946 Robert Rowan *1947–1959 Charles Haines *1959–1966

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*1966–1985 Charles Gray-Stack

Deans of Limerick and Ardfert

*1987–2011 Maurice Sirr *2012–2017 Sandra Pragnell *2017–current Niall Sloane

References

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