Dean of Tuam
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The Dean of Tuam was a post held in the Diocese of Tuam, from the creation of the diocese at the Synod of Rathbreasail
in 1111.
and the head of the chapter of canons. If the cathedral or collegiate church has its own parish, the dean is usually also rector of the parish. In the Church of Ireland
the roles are often separated.
After the Reformation, there were parallel successions, one Church of Ireland
, the other Roman Catholic.
Synod of Rathbreasail
The Synod of Ráth Breasail took place in Ireland in 1111. It marked the transition of the Irish church from a monastic to a diocesan and parish-based church...
in 1111.
Background
The dean is the chief resident cleric of a cathedral or other collegiate churchCollegiate church
In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons; a non-monastic, or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by a dean or provost...
and the head of the chapter of canons. If the cathedral or collegiate church has its own parish, the dean is usually also rector of the parish. In the Church of Ireland
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...
the roles are often separated.
After the Reformation, there were parallel successions, one Church of Ireland
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...
, the other Roman Catholic.
Roman Catholic
- 1230 - Máel Muire Ó LachtáinMáel Muire Ó LachtáinMáel Muire Ó Lachtáin, fourth Archbishop of Tuam, 1235-1249.The History of the Popes describes him as:Dean of Tuam, having been elected by the Chapter, was accepted by the Pope, and afterward received confirmation from the King . The Four Masters seem to intimate that he was consecrated in England....
. Became archbishop in 1236. "He undertook a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and committed an account of his travels to writing. He died at Athlone, shortly before Christmas, in the year 1249." - 1282 - Constantine O'Dowd.
- 133? - Philip Hanlain, died 19 June 1339.
- 1339 - Denis Mac Áeda, son of Aedh Mac Áeda, succeeded. Possibly kinsman of Máel Sechlain Mac ÁedaMáel Sechlain Mac Áeda-Background:Máel Seachlainn Mac Áeda was a member of a Connacht family associated with the Kings of Connacht. They were natives of Maigh Seóla, near Tuam, and originally of the Muintir Murchada.The surname is nowadays rendered McHugh, or more rarely, McCoy....
. - 1394 - James.
- 1399 - James Caer, Carr, possibly the same person
- 1523 - Thomas.
Church of Ireland
- 1558 - William O'MullallyWilliam O'MullallyWilliam O'Mullally, aka Liam Ó Maolalaidh, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Tuam, 1573-95.O'Mullally was a member of the Ó Maolalaidh family of Tullaghnadaly, some five miles north of Tuam. The first of the family to settle in the area was Seán Ó Maolalaidh , Chief of the Name, originally from...
. - 1573 - Edward Browne, prebendary of Lackagh, presented to deanry 21 April.
- 1609-10 - Abel Walsh
- 1625 - Thomas Peyton
- 1638? - John King
- 1661 - William Buchanan
- 1669 - James Wilson
- 1686 - Robert Echlin
- 1712 - John Hinton or Thomas Butler.
- 1716 - William White
- 1724 - Jonathan Bruce
- 1743 - Isaac Gervais
- 1756 - Robert Johnson
- 1759 - Daniel le Tablere
- 1775 - Robert Clarke
- 1782 - Joshua Berkeley
- 1807 - James Mahon
- 1809 - John William Keatinge
- 1810 - Richard Bourne
- 1813 - Thomas Carter
External links
- http://www.archive.org/stream/fastiecclesiaehi04cottuoft#page/n33/mode/2up