Archdeacon of Ossory

The Archdeacon of Ossory was a senior ecclesiastical officerFryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 407. . within the Diocese of Ossory until 1835"A New History of Ireland" by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 and then within the Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin until 1977 when it was further enlarged to become the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory. As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy"ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 within the Cloyne Diocese."Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross" Maziere Brady, W: London, Longmans, 1864

The archdeaconry can trace its history from Gilbert, the first known incumbent, who held the office from 1200 to 1206"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p304 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 to the last discrete holder Waller de Montmorency who died in 1924.thePeerage.com

It was replaced by the combined archdeaconry of Ossory and Leighlin.

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