Dean of Connor

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The Dean of Connor is based at Christ Church Cathedral, Lisburn in the Diocese of Connor (Church of Ireland) within the Church of Ireland. The chapter is however known as the Chapter of St Saviours, Connor after the previous (prior to 1662) cathedral church in Connor.

The current incumbent is The Very Reverend Sam Wright.

Deans of Connor

1609–1615 Milo Whale (first dean)

1615 Robert Openshawe

1628 Richard Shuckburgh

1640–1661 Robert Price (afterwards Bishop of Ferns, 1661)

1660/1–1662 Francis Marsh (afterwards Dean of Armagh, 1662 and later Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, 1667)

1661–1667 George Rust (afterwards Bishop of Dromore, 1667)

1667–1679 Patrick Sheridan (afterwards Bishop of Cloyne, 1679)

1679–1694 Thomas Ward (deprived for immoral conduct, 1694)

1694–1704 George Walter Story (afterwards Dean of Limerick, 1704)

1704–?1709 Martin Baxter

1709/10–1738 Eugene (or Owen) LLoyd

1739–1743 George Cuppage

1743–1753 John Walsh

1753–1775 Hill Benson

1775–1802 Richard Dobbs

1802–1811 Thomas Graves

1811–1824 Theophilus Blakely (afterwards Dean of Achonry, 1811)

1825–1838 Henry Leslie

1839–1855 John Chaine

1855–?1888 George Bull

1888–1893 John Walton Murray

1893–1907 Charles Seaver

1907–1908 Walter Riddall

1908–1910 John Bristow

1910–?1931 William Dowse

1932–?1945 Maurice Henry Fitzgerald Collis

1945–1956 John William Cooke

1956–1963 Richard Simons Breen

1963–1976 Richard Adams

1976–1981 William Gilbert Wilson (afterwards Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, 1981)

1981–1990 William Norman Cochrane Barr

1990–1995 James Alexander Fair

1995–1995 Frederick Rusk

1998–2001 Brian Moller

2001–2016 John Frederick Augustus Bond

2016-present Sam Wright

References

Dean of Connor Wikipedia

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