Dean of Clogher

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The Dean of Clogher is a dignitary of the Diocese of Clogher within the Church of Ireland. The title may be held by any licensed incumbent in the diocese, not necessarily the rector of one of the cathedral parishes of Clogher. The Dean, with the Cathedral chapter, has responsibility for the cathedral life of St Macartan's, Clogher and St Macartin's, Enniskillen.

The current incumbent is Kenny Hall, rector of Enniskillen.

Deans of Clogher

1606 Robert Openshawe (afterwards Dean of Connor)

1617 Robert Barclay or Berkeley

1660/1–1667 John Hodson (afterwards Bishop of Elphin, 1667)

1667–1675 John Roane (afterwards Bishop of Killaloe, 1675)

1675–1682 Richard Tennison (afterwards Bishop of Killala, 1682)

1682–1716 Joseph Williams

1716–1724 William Gore (afterwards Dean of Down, 1724)

1724–1727 Jonathan Smedley

1727/8–1730 Pascal (or Paul) Ducasse

1730 Edward Cressett

1737/8–1743 John Copping

1743–1761 William Langton

1761–1763 Edward Young (afterwards Bishop of Dromore, 1763)

1763–1781 Richard Woodward (afterwards Bishop of Cloyne, 1781)

1781–1799 Cadogan Keatinge

1799–1805 John Beresford (afterwards Bishop of Cork and Ross, 1805)

1805–1825 Richard Bagwell

1826–1861 Robert Maude

1862–1873 Ogle Moore

1873–1899 Thomas Le Ban Kennedy

1900–1903 George Tottenham

1903–1911 Charles Thomas Ovenden (afterwards Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, 1911)

1911-1932 Arthur Newburgh Haire-Forster

1932–1950 Hubert MacManaway

1950–1958 Robert McTighe

1959–1962 William Morris

1962–1966 Robert Mollan

1966–1982 Thomas Clements

1982–1984 John McNutt

1985–1986 Brian Hannon (afterwards Bishop of Clogher, 1986)

1986–1989 Nevil O'Neill

1989–1994 John McCarthy

1995–2004 Thomas Moore

2005–2009 Raymond Thompson

2009–present Kenny Hall

References

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