The Archdeacon of Cork, Cloyne and Ross is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.Diocesan web site The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 within the Diocese. The current incumbent is Adrian Wilkinson.
The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Patrick M'Carthy who held the office of Archdeacon of Cork in 1157;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp250-254 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 Colman O'Scannlain, the first Archdeacon of Cloyne, who died in 1189;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp317-320 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 and Meredith Hanmer, the first Archdeacon of Ross of whom we have a full biography,"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp360-363 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
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