Dean of Tuam
The Dean of Tuam was a post held in the Diocese of Tuam, from the creation of the diocese at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111.
Background
The dean is the chief resident cleric of a cathedral or other collegiate church and the head of the chapter of canons. If the cathedral or collegiate church has its own parish, the dean is usually also rector of the parish. In the Church of Ireland the roles are often separated.
After the Reformation, there were parallel successions, one Church of Ireland, the other Roman Catholic.
Succession lists (incomplete)
Roman Catholic
- 1230 - Máel Muire Ó Lachtáin. Became archbishop in 1236. "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.
Church of Ireland
- 1558 - William O'Mullally.
- 1573 - Edward Browne, prebendary of Lackagh, presented to deanry 21 April.
- 1609-10 - Abel Walsh
- 1625 - Thomas Peyton
- 1638? - John King
- 1661 - William Buchanan
- 1669 - James Wilson
- 1686 - Robert Echlin
- 1712 - John Hinton or Thomas Butler.
- 1716 - William White
- 1724 - Jonathan Bruce
- 1743 - Isaac Gervais
- 1756 - Robert Johnson
- 1759 - Daniel le Tablere
- 1775 - Robert Clarke
- 1782 - Joshua Berkeley
- 1807 - James Mahon
- 1809 - John William Keatinge
- 1810 - Richard Bourne
- 1813 - Thomas Carter
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