Archdeacon of Raphoe

Province of Armagh

Church	Church of Ireland
Metropolitan bishop	Archbishop of Armagh
Cathedral	St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
Dioceses	7
Suffragan bishop(s)	—

The Archdeacon of Raphoe is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Derry and Raphoe.^[1] As such he or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy ^[2] within the Raphoe part of the Diocese,^[3] which is by far the largest.^[4]

The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Thomas O'Nahan, who held the office from 1299 to 1306,^[5] to the current incumbent David Huss who assumed office in 2013.^[6]

References

1. Diocesan web site
2. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
3. "History of the City of Dublin, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Day, Volume 1 p299 John Warburton,J; Whitelaw,J, Walsh,R (Eds): London, T.Cadell and W.Davies, 1818
4. Crockford's on line accessed Monday 5 January 2015 19:53 GMT
5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton,H. pp127-1 32 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
6. Diocesan Web site