The Dean of Kilkenny or Dean of Ossory is based at The Cathedral Church of St Canice, Kilkenny in the united Diocese of Cashel and Ossory within the Church of Ireland.
The current incumbent is Stephen Farrell
List of deans of Kilkenny
1547–1552 James Bicton 1552–1555 Thomas Lancaster (also Bishop of Kildare, deprived 1555) 1559–1581 William Johnson 1582 David Cleere 1603–1610 Richard Deane (afterwards Bishop of Ossory 1610–1612 John Todd (also Bishop of Down and Connor 1607–1612) 1612 Barnabas Boulger 1617 Absolom Gethin 1621 Jenkin Mayes 1626–1661 Edward Warren 1661–1661 Charles Curren 1661–1666 Thomas Ledisham (afterwards Dean of Waterford) 1666–1667/8 Daniel Neylan 1667/8 Joseph Teate 1670/1-1673 Thomas Hill 1673/4-1674/5 Benjamin Parry (afterwards Dean of St Patrick's and Bishop of Ossory 1677) 1674/5–1697 John Pooley (afterwards Bishop of Cloyne 1697) 1702/3–1747 Robert Mossom 1747–1753 Robert Watts 1755–1783 John Lewis 1784–1795 Thomas Pack 1795–1843 Hon Joseph Bourke 1843–1877 Charles Vignoles 1877–1901 Thomas Hare 1901–?1905 James Lyons 1905–1908 Maurice Day (afterwards Bishop of Clogher 1908) 1908–1923 Thomas Edward Winder 1923–1940 John Percy Phair (afterwards Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin 1940) 1940–?1950 James Henry Burrows 1950–1957 George Seaver ?1957–1959 Robert Pike (afterwards Bishop of Meath, 1959) 1959–1969 John George Gash 1969–1970 Donald Caird (afterwards Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 1970) 1970–1991 Brian Harvey 1991–2010 Norman Lynas 2010–2018 Katharine M Poulton 2018 – 2021 David McDonnell 2022 - Present Stephen Farrell
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