Archdeacon of Ardagh

The Archdeacon of Ardagh was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Ardagh."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. pp 191–193 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 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 Diocese.Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Joseph Magodaig who then became the Bishop of Ardagh."A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 The Archdeaconry is now combined with that of Elphin, one of two within the United Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and ArdaghDiocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh

List of archdeacons Previous holders include: 1683–1696 Andrew Charlton 1705–1747 Thomas Taylor 1751–1762 Robert Hort 1762–1778 John Oliver 1778–1790 Chambre Corker 1805–1820 Robert Beatty 1820–1839 Charles Le Poer Trench, a younger son of William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty, 1839– Marcus Gervais Beresford, DD, PCi,Falkiner, C. L., Beresford, Marcus Gervais (1801–1885), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh, rev. Kenneth Milne, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004). (subscription required for online access), retrieved 26 November 2008. Thomas Carson, LL.D.,TCD,1832 later Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, 1870 –1874A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland (1912) John Richard Darley DD, later Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, 1874 –1884,The Times, Tuesday, 22 January 1884; pg. 6; Issue 31036; col B Obituary John Richard Darley 1874–1891 Fitzmaurice Hunt 1891–1896 Frederic Potterton 1896–1915 William Moore, later Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, 1915–1930.

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