Archdeacon of Limerick

Province of Dublin
Church Church of Ireland
Metropolitan bishop Archbishop of Dublin
Cathedral Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Dioceses 5

The Archdeacon of Limerick was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe from the Thirteenth Century:[1] an early holder was Gerald le Mareshall who went on to be Bishop of the Diocese. In recent times the office has been combined with those of Ardfert and Agadoe. The current incumbent is Simon Lumby.[2]to the early Twentieth.[3] As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy [4] within his half of the Diocese

References

  1. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton,H. pp405 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  2. Killarney Advertiser
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p81 London, Horace Cox, 1908
  4. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
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