The Dean of Tuam ( ) is a post held in the Diocese of Tuam, as head of the cathedral chapter from after the creation of the diocese at the

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in 1111.

Background

A dean is often the chief resident cleric of a cathedral or other

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and the head of the chapter of canons. Some cathedral chapters are headed by Archpriests, Provosts or (as in the mediaeval chapters of St David's and Llandaff until later reforms) a Precentor. If the cathedral or collegiate church has its own parish, the dean is now generally also rector of the parish. In the

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dioceses of Clogher, Connor, and Dromore the roles are, however, often separated. Since the Henrician Reformation, there have been parallel successions, one

, the other

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List of deans (Pre-Reformation)

* 1230 -

Máel Muire Ó Lachtáin Máel Muire Ó Lachtáin was Dean of Tuam from 1230 and then the fourth Archbishop of Tuam from 1235 to 1249. ''The History of the Popes'' describes him as: ''Dean (religion), Dean of Tuam, having been elected by the Chapter (religion), Chapte ...

. Became archbishop in

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. "He undertook a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and committed an account of his travels to writing. He died at Athlone, shortly before Christmas, in the year 1249." * 1282 - Constantine O'Dowd. * 133? - Philip Hanlain, died 19 June 1339. * 1339 - Denis Mac Áeda, son of Aedh Mac Áeda, succeeded. Possibly kinsman of Máel Sechlain Mac Áeda. * 1394 - James. * 1399 - James Caer, Carr, possibly the same person * 1523 - Thomas.

List of deans (Church of Ireland)

The Dean of Tuam is based at the Cathedral Church of St Mary in Tuam in the Diocese of Tuam within the united bishopric of Tuam, Killala and Achonry of the Church of Ireland. * 1558–1573 - William O'Mullally (afterwards

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 ...

1573) * 1573 - Edward Browne * ?1604–1605 - Richard Boyle * 1609–1610 - Abel Walsh * 1625–?1637 - Thomas Peyton * 1638? - John King * 1661 - William Buchanan * 1669–1686 - James Wilson * 1686–1712 - Robert Echlin (murdered 1712) * 1712 - John Hinton and/or Thomas Butler. * 1716 - William White? (also

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 ...

1716) * 1724 - Jonathan Bruce? (also

1724) * 1732 - 1740 Edmund Bray * ?–1743 __ Hinton * 1743–1756 -

Isaac Gervais Isaac Gervais (1680-1756) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the 18th century. Gervais was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Dean of Tuam The Dean of Tuam ( ) is a post held in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam, Diocese of T ...

* 1756–1759 -

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(afterwards

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1759) * 1759–1775 - Daniel le Tablere * 1775–1782 -

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* 1782–1807 -

Joshua Berkeley Joshua Berkeley (2 January 1743 – 18 June 1807) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the late decade of the 18th century and the first four of the 19th. Berkeley was born in Derry and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxfor ...

* 1807–1808 - James Mahon (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 Wi ...

1808) * 1809–1810 - John William Keatinge (afterwards

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1810) * 1810–1813 - Richard Bourne (afterwards Chancellor of Armagh, 1813) * 1813–1849 - Thomas Carter * 1850–1867 - Hon

Robert Plunket Robert Plunket (b. Dublin 11 May 1802 - d. Monkstown 13 May 1867) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the 19th-century. Burke was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Archdeacon of Killala from 1847 to 1850; and Dean of Tuam from ...

* 1867–1878 - Charles Henry Seymour * 1879–1898 - William Chambers Townsend * 1898–1904 - Andrew C. Tait * 1904–1917 - John Geddes * 1917–1923 - John Orr (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 ...

1923) * 1945–1965 - Joseph Jackson * 1966–1981 - Walter Cyril Spence * 1981–1993 -

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* 1993–1996 - Anthony Previté * 1997–1999 - Ian Deighton Corbett * 2000–2022 - Alistair John Grimason

Sources

Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies in Ireland - Volume 4 , accessdate= 2012-01-08

External links

* https://archive.org/stream/fastiecclesiaehi04cottuoft#page/n33/mode/2up {{Deans in the Church of Ireland

Tuam Tuam ( ; ga, Tuaim , meaning 'mound' or 'burial-place') is a town in Ireland and the second-largest settlement in County Galway. It is west of the midlands of Ireland, about north of Galway city. Humans have lived in the area since the Bron ...

Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry

Background

List of deans (Pre-Reformation)

List of deans (Church of Ireland)

See also

Sources

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