The Dean of Ossory or Dean of Kilkenny is based at The Cathedral Church of St Canice, Kilkenny in the united Diocese of Cashel and Ossory within the Church of Ireland. The current Dean is the Very Reverend Stephen Farrell, formerly Rector of Zion parish, Rathgar, Dublin and Provincial and Diocesan Registrar for the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough.

List of deans of Ossory

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*1547–1552 James Bicton *1552–1555

Thomas Lancaster Thomas Lancaster (died 1583) was an English Protestant clergyman, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh from 1568. Life He was perhaps a native of Cumberland, and was probably educated at Oxford. On 11 July 1550 he was consecrated Bishop of Ki ...

(also Bishop of Kildare, deprived 1555) *1559–1581 William Johnson *1582 David Cleere *1603–1610 Richard Deane (afterwards Bishop of Ossory *1610–1612 John Todd (also Bishop of Down and Connor 1607–1612) *1612 Barnabas Boulger *1617 Absolom Gethin *1621 Jenkin Mayes *1626–1661 Edward Warren *1661–1661 Charles Curren *1661–1666 Thomas Ledisham (afterwards Dean of Waterford) *1666–1667/8 Daniel Neyland *1667/8 Joseph Teate *1670/1-1673 Thomas Hill *1673/4-1674/5 Benjamin Parry (afterwards

Dean of St Patrick's 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 ...

and Bishop of Ossory 1677) *1674/5–1697 John Pooley (afterwards Bishop of Cloyne 1697) *1702/3–1747 Robert Mossom *1747–1753 Robert Watts *1755–1783 John Lewis *1784–1795 Thomas Pack *1795–1843 Hon Joseph Bourke *1843–1877

Charles Vignoles Charles Blacker Vignoles (31 May 1793 – 17 November 1875) was an influential British railway engineer, and eponym of the Vignoles rail. Early life He was born at Woodbrook, County Wexford, Ireland in May 1793 the son of Capt. Ch ...

*1877–1901 Thomas Hare *1901–?1905 James Lyons *1905–1908 Maurice Day (afterwards Bishop of Clogher 1908) *1908–1923 Thomas Edward Winder *1923–1940

John Percy Phair John Percy Phair (1 November 1876 – 28 December 1967) was a 20th-century Anglican bishop. John Percy Phair was born in Roscommon, the son of a farmer Peter Phair and Martha Phair, of Ram Park, Castlerea, County Roscommon. He had younger brothe ...

(afterwards

Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin The Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in the Ecclesiastical Province of Dublin. The diocese consisted of counties Kilkenny, Carlow, Laois and Wexford in Ireland. ...

1940) *1940–?1950 James Henry Burrows *1950–1957 George Seaver *?1957–1959 Robert Pike (afterwards Bishop of Meath, 1959) *1959–1969 John George Gash *1969–1970

Donald Caird Donald Arthur Richard Caird (11 December 1925 – 1 June 2017) was an Irish bishop who held three senior posts in the Church of Ireland during the last third of the 20th century. He was born in Dublin and educated at Wesley College and Tr ...

(afterwards Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 1970) *1970–1991 Brian Harvey *1991–2010 Norman Lynas *2010–2018 Katharine M. Poulton *2018-2021 David McDonnell *2021-present Stephen Farrell

References

{{Deans in the Church of Ireland Deans of Ossory Diocese of Cashel and Ossory

Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...