Archdeacon of Elphin

The Archdeacon of Elphin was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Elphin until 1854;[1] and then within the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh

The archdeaconry can trace its history from Maolkeevin O'Seingin, the first known incumbent, who died in 1224[2] to the last discrete holder William Wolfe Wagner.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 400–401. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. p141 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929 p 1336: Oxford, OUP, 1929
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Archdeacons of Elphin
  • Erasmus Matthews
  • William Portman
  • James Wilson
  • Vincent Cave
  • Anthony Cope
  • John Browne
  • Peter Mahon
  • Lewis Hamilton
  • Arthur Mahon
  • Henry Cunningam
  • John MacLaughlin
  • John Wardlaw
  • Ephraim Monsell
  • Oliver Cary
  • William Digby
  • John Oldfield
  • Louis Henry Strean
  • Henry Irwin
  • Alexander Kearney
  • Francis Clarke
  • Wolfe Wagner