Archdeacon of Ferns

The Archdeacon of Ferns is 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. . within the Church of Ireland.A New History of Ireland by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergyABCD: a basic church dictionary. Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 within the Ferns Diocese, now part of the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory.

The archdeaconry can trace its history from Reginald, the first known incumbent, who held the office between 1223 and 1230, to the current incumbent Bob Gray who was appointed in 2015.

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