The Dean of Clogher is a dignitary of the Diocese of Clogher within the Church of Ireland. The title may be held by any licensed incumbent in the diocese, not necessarily the rector of one of the cathedral parishes of Clogher. The Dean, with the Cathedral chapter, has responsibility for the cathedral life of St Macartan's, Clogher and St Macartin's, Enniskillen. The current incumbent is Kenny Hall, rector of

Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , ' Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,823 a ...

Deans of Clogher

St McCartan's Cathedral, Clogher - geograph

* 1606 Robert Openshawe (afterwards

Dean of Connor The Dean of Connor is based at Christ Church Cathedral, Lisburn in the Diocese of Connor (Church of Ireland) within the Church of Ireland. The chapter is however known as the Chapter of St Saviours, Connor after the previous (prior to 1662) cath ...

) * 1617 Robert Barclay or Berkeley * 1660/1–1667 John Hodson (afterwards

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 ...

, 1667) * 1667–1675 John Roan (afterwards

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 ...

, 1675) * 1675–1682

Richard Tennison Richard Tenison (1642 – 29 July 1705) was an Irish bishop of Killala, Clogher and Meath. He was born the eldest son of Thomas Tenison of Carrickfergus and matriculated from Trinity College Dublin in 1659. Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbur ...

(afterwards Bishop of Killala, 1682 and

Bishop of Meath The Bishop of Meath is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric. History Un ...

, 1697) * 1682–1716 Joseph Williams * 1716–1724 William Gore (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 *160 ...

, 1724) * 1724–1727

Jonathan Smedley Jonathan Smedley (1671–1729) was an Anglo-Irish churchman who became Dean of Clogher in 1724. He was an opportunist and satirical victim who engaged in a polemic with Jonathan Swift and the forces of the Tory party. Life He was born in Dublin, ...

* 1727/8–1730 Pascal (or Paul) Ducasse * 1730

Edward Cresset Edward Cresset (c. 1698 – 1755) was an 18th-century Anglican churchman. Cresset was born in Glympton, Oxfordshire and educated at Trinity College, Oxford. He was successively Dean of Clogher; Dean of Hereford; and Bishop of Llandaff The B ...

* 1737/8–1743 John Copping * 1743–1761 William Langton * 1761–1763

Edward Young Edward Young (c. 3 July 1683 – 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for ''Night-Thoughts'', a series of philosophical writings in blank verse, reflecting his state of mind following several bereavements. It was one of the mo ...

(afterwards

Bishop of Dromore The Bishop of Dromore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the original monastery of Dromore in County Down, Northern Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church the title still continues as a separate bishopric, but in the Church of Irela ...

, 1763) * 1763–1781 Richard Woodward (afterwards

Bishop of Cloyne The Bishop of Cloyne is an episcopal title that takes its name after the small town of Cloyne in County Cork, Republic of Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is a separate title; but, in the Church of Ireland, it has been united with oth ...

, 1781) * 1781–1799 Cadogan Keatinge * 1799–1805 John Beresford (afterwards

Bishop of Cork and Ross The Bishop of Cork and Ross is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Cork and the town of Rosscarbery in Republic of Ireland. The combined title was first used by the Church of Ireland from 1638 to 1660 and again from 1679 to ...

, 1805) * 1805–1825

Richard Bagwell Richard Bagwell (9 December 1840 – 4 December 1918) was a noted historian of the Stuart and Tudor periods in Ireland, and a political commentator with strong Unionist convictions. He was the eldest son of John Bagwell, M.P. for Clonmel from ...

* 1826–1861 Robert Maude * 1862–1873

Ogle Moore William Ogle Moore (1 July 1801, Dublin – 14 May 1874, Chelsea) was an Irish Anglican priest: he was Dean of Cashel from 1857 to 1861; and Dean of Clogher from 1862 to 1873. Moore was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Before his years a ...

* 1873–1899 Thomas Le Ban Kennedy * 1900–1903 George Tottenham * 1903–1911

Charles Thomas Ovenden Charles Thomas Ovenden (11 September 1846 – 9 July 1924) was an Irish Anglican priest, author, and Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin of the Church of Ireland. Early life and education Born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland he was ...

(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 ...

, 1911) * 1911–1932 Arthur Newburgh Haire-Forster * 1932–1950 Hubert MacManaway * 1950–1958 Robert McTighe * 1959–1962

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He w ...

* 1962–1966 Robert Mollan * 1966–1982 Thomas Clements * 1982–1984 John McNutt * 1985–1986 Brian Hannon (afterwards

Bishop of Clogher The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the ot ...

, 1986) * 1986–1989 Nevil O'Neill * 1989–1994 John McCarthy * 1995–2004

Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist celebrated for his ''Irish Melodies''. Their setting of English-language verse to old Irish tunes marked the transition in popular Irish culture from Irish ...

* 2005–2009 Raymond Thompson * 2009–present Kenny Hall

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{{Deans in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Clogher (Church of Ireland)

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 ...