Dean_of_Ardfert

Dean of Limerick and Ardfert

Dean of Limerick and Ardfert

Position in the Church of Ireland, created 1987

The Dean of Limerick and Ardfert is a Church of Ireland official based in the Cathedral Church of St Mary's in the united diocese of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert.

There had been two separate deans, Dean of Limerick and Dean of Ardfert, until the position was united in 1987. The Dean of Ardfert had been based at Ardfert Cathedral (a.k.a. St Brendan's Cathedral), until it was destroyed by fire in 1641.

The current incumbent, since 2017, is The Very Reverend Niall Sloane.

List of deans of Limerick

Limerick Cathedral

See below for Deans of Limerick and Ardfert

Deans of Ardfert

Ardfert cathedral ruins

Deans of Limerick and Ardfert

References

  1. [1]
    Cotton, Henry (1847). Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates and members of the cathedral bodies in Ireland. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  2. [2]
    Cotton, Henry (1847). Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates and members of the cathedral bodies in Ireland, Volume 1. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
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