Archdeacon of Ferns

The Archdeacon of Ferns is a senior ecclesiastical officer[1] within the Church of Ireland[2] As such he (since 1994, he or she) is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy[3] within the Ferns Diocese.

Province of Dublin
ChurchChurch of Ireland
Metropolitan bishopArchbishop of Dublin
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral, Dublin
Dioceses5

The archdeaconry can trace its history from Reginald, the first known incumbent, who held the office between 1223 and 1230,[4] to the current incumbent Bob Gray who was appointed in 2015.[5]

References
  1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. "A New History of Ireland" by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  3. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
  4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p360 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  5. "Wexford Echo — Rev Robert Gray installed as Archdeacon of Ferns". wexfordecho.ie. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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