Archdeacon of Killaloe

The Archdeacon of Killaloe 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 Killaloe until 1752;"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 Diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora until 1832 when it became the Diocese of Killaloe and Clonfert. 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.

The archdeaconry can trace its history from Donat O'Kennedy, the first known incumbent, who became Bishop of Killaloe in 1231"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p459 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 to the last discrete holder William Augustine Blood Smyth who retired in 1938.

References