Dean of Cashel

The historic cathedral of St Patrick, located at the Rock of Cashel.

The present Church of Ireland cathedral of St John the Baptist and St Patrick's Rock, Cashel.

The Dean of Cashel is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist and St Patrick's Rock, Cashel, one of the Church of Ireland cathedrals of the united Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory.

The Deanery is vacant.

It is not known when the Chapter of Cashel was established, but in 1224 Pope Honorius III confirmed twelve Canons and a Dean in the historic cathedral of St Patrick, located at the Rock of Cashel.^[1] For centuries the Chapter consisted of five dignitaries and six prebendaries, the Archbishop of Cashel being one, holding the prebend of Glankeen as parcel of his see.^[1] The prebend of Crohane was united to the archdeaconry of Cashel for more than 200 years.^[1]

Following the Reformation, the Church of Ireland retained the cathedral until it was closed for worship in 1721.^[2] Meanwhile, the old parish Church of St John in Cashel was removed and the present Georgian Cathedral completed in 1784.^[2]

The most recent dean, the Very Reverend Gerald G. Field, was instituted and installed in February 2014.^[3]

List of deans of Cashel

Pre-Reformation

c. 1224–1238: Thomas.^[4]
before 1237–1238: David mac Cellaig Ó Gilla Pátraic, O.P. (afterwards Bishop of Cloyne, then Archbishop of Cashel).^[5]^[6]^[7]
unknown–1253: David Mac Cerbaill, O.Cist. (afterwards Archbishop of Cashel); died 1289.^[6]^[7]^[8]
1254–unknown: Thaddeus O'Brien.^[8]
1260–unknown: Keran, or Kyran.^[8]
1267–unknown: Roland.^[8]
c. 1269/72–1276: David.^[8]
fl. 1282 and 1289: Antonius.^[8]
1302-1306: Philip Broder.^[8]
1346–unknown: Richard Fitzjohn.^[8]
1402–1412: Richard Barry.^[8]
1429–1437: David O'Dwyer.^[8]
1452–unknown: Cornelius.^[8]
1467–1485: John Hedian or O'Hedian.^[8]
unknown–1558: Peter Butler.^[8]

Post-Reformation

1558/9–unknown: William Stapleton.^[9]
unknown–1583/4: John McCody^[10]
1583/84–1605: Robert Coman^[10]
1605–1606: Dermot O'Meara (resigned)^[10]
1606–1607: John Todd (afterwards Bishop of Down and Connor and Bishop of Dromore).^[10]^[11]^[12]
1608–1633: Lewis Jones (also Dean of Ardagh and afterwards Bishop of Killaloe).^[13]^[14]^[15]
1633–1638: William Chappell (afterwards Bishop of Cork and Ross).^[16]^[17]^[18]
1638/9–unknown: Richard Howlett^[16]
1660/1–1670/1: Essex Digby (afterwards Bishop of Dromore).^[16]
1671–1675: Caesar Williamson^[19]
1676–1693/4: John Glandie^[20]
1693/4-1706: Henry Price^[20]
1706–1713: William Mullart^[20]
1714–1736: John Wetherby^[20]
1736–1758: William Gore (afterwards Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh).^[21]^[22]^[23]
1758–1769: Thomas Paul^[21]
1769–1787: John Jebb^[21]
1787–1829: Joseph Palmer^[21]
1829–1856: Samuel Adams^[21]
1857–1861: Ogle William Moore (afterwards Dean of Clogher, 1862)^[24]
1862–1873: John Cotter MacDonnell (later Canon Residentiary of Peterborough, 1883–1902)^[25]
1873–1878: William Pakenham Walsh (afterwards Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, 1878)^[26]^[27]
1878–1890: Arthur Henry Leech
1890–1908: George Purcell White
1908–1913: Maurice William Day (afterwards Dean of Waterford, 1913)
1913–1916: Robert Jones Sylvester Devenish
1916–1924: William Chadwick Bourchier^[28]
1924–1946: Joseph Talbot.
1946–1960: Robert Wyse Jackson (afterwards Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe).^[29]^[30]
1961–1973: Charles Wolfe
1973–1983: David George Alexander Clarke (Prebendary of Newcastle, St Patrick's Dublin 1965–1989).
1984–1994: Gerald Mark David Woodworth
1995–2013: Philip John Knowles
2014–2021: Gerald G. Field^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 32.
^ ^a ^b "The Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist and St. Patrick's Rock, Cashel". cashel.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b "New Dean of Cashel installed". cashel.anglican.org. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
^ Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 33.
^ Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, pp. 33–34.
^ ^a ^b Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 342.
^ ^a ^b Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 290.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 34.
^ Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, pp. 34–35.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 35.
^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 388, 390.
^ Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, pp. 401, 403.
^ Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, pp. 35–36.
^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 397.
^ Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 418.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 36.
^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 386.
^ Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 415.
^ Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, pp. 36–37.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 37.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 38.
^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 384.
^ Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 434.
^ Cotton & Cotton 1878, Supplement, p. 1.
^ Cotton & Cotton 1878, Supplement, p. 2.
^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 404.
^ Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 430.
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1923, p. 157.
^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 401.
^ Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 421.

References

Cotton, Henry (1851). The Province of Munster. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Dublin: Hodges and Smith.
Cotton, Henry; Cotton, Charles Philip (1878). Supplement. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Vol. 6. Dublin: James Charles & Son.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.

[munster32-1] Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 32.

[cashelcathedral-2] "The Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist and St. Patrick's Rock, Cashel". cashel.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

[deangeraldfield-3] "New Dean of Cashel installed". cashel.anglican.org. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

[munster33-4] Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 33.

[munster33to34-5] Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, pp. 33–34.

[handbook342-6] Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 342.

[newhistoryireland290-7] Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 290.

[munster34-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 34.

[munster34to35-9] Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, pp. 34–35.

[munster35-10] Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 35.

[11] Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 388, 390.

[12] Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, pp. 401, 403.

[munster35to36-13] Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, pp. 35–36.

[14] Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 397.

[15] Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 418.

[munster36-16] Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 36.

[17] Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 386.

[18] Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 415.

[munster36to37-19] Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, pp. 36–37.

[munster37-20] Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 37.

[munster38-21] Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 38.

[22] Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 384.

[23] Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 434.

[24] Cotton & Cotton 1878, Supplement, p. 1.

[25] Cotton & Cotton 1878, Supplement, p. 2.

[26] Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 404.

[27] Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 430.

[28] Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1923, p. 157.

[29] Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 401.

[30] Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 421.

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v t e Office holders in the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory
present	Bishop of Cashel and Ossory Dean of Cashel Dean of Waterford Dean of Lismore Dean of Ossory Dean of Leighlin Dean of Ferns Archdeacon of Cashel, Waterford and Lismore Archdeacon of Ossory and Leighlin Archdeacon of Ferns
former	Archdeacon of Cashel Archdeacon of Waterford Archdeacon of Lismore Archdeacon of Ossory Archdeacon of Leighlin

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