Dean of Raphoe
Cathedral church of St. Eunan, Raphoe
The Dean of Raphoe is based at Cathedral Church of St. Eunan, Raphoe, County Donegal, Ulster in the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe within the Church of Ireland. The current dean is The Very Revd Arthur Barrett, previously a Canon of St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen, and Rector of Rossorry Parish Church, the second largest parish in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Clogher.
List of deans
- 1603 John Albright [1]
- 1609 Phelim O'Doghertie [1]
- 1622–1630 Archibald Adair (afterwards Bishop of Killala and Achonry, 1630) [1]
- 1630–1660 Alexander Cunningham [1]
- 1660/1–1661 John Leslie (afterwards Bishop of Clogher, 1661) [1]
- 1661–1670 John Wellwood [1]
- 1670–1671 Ezekiel Hopkins (afterwards Bishop of Raphoe, 1671) [1]
- 1671 Thomas Buttolph [1]
- 1676–1683 Capel Wiseman (afterwards Bishop of Dromore, 1683) [1]
- 1683/4–1691/2 Nathaniel Wilson (afterwards Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, 1691/2) [1]
- 1691/2–1725 John Trench [1]
- 1725–1742/3 William Cotterel (afterwards Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, 1742/3) [1]
- 1742/3–1744 Arthur Smyth (afterwards Dean of Derry, 1744) [1]
- 1744–1756 Anthony Thompson [1]
- 1757–1776 William Barker [1]
- 1776–1776 Thomas Bray [1]
- 1776–1795 James King [1]
- 1795–1832 Richard Allott [1]
- 1832–1873 Edward Chichester [1]
- 1873-1882 John Gwynn (afterwards Dean of Derry, 1882)
- 1882–1897 Edward Bowen (died 1897)
- 1897–1897 Michael B. Cox
- 1897– Richard Bennett
- 1900– Richard M. Baillie
- 1903– Joseph Potter
- 1905–1916 William George Kennedy
- 1917–1919 John Pirrie-Conerney
- John Watson (died 1938)
- Cyril James Homan (retired 1959)
- 1962–1967 George Good (afterwards Dean of Derry, 1967)
- 1967–1972 Stephen Arthur Cave
- 1980–1992 Samuel William Reede
- 1992–2003 Stephen White (afterwards Dean of Killaloe, 2003)
- 2003-2013 John Hay
- 2014–present Arthur Barrett
References
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