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The Dean of Raphoe is based at the Cathedral Church of St Eunan in Raphoe, County Donegal, in Ulster. The Deanery is within the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe within the Church of Ireland. The Dean is the Rev. Elizabeth (Liz) Fitzgerald, the first female dean in the cathedralβs history.
List of deans
[edit]- 1603 John Albright[1]
- 1609 Phelim O'Doghertie[1]
- 1622β1630 Archibald Adair (afterwards Bishop of Killala and Achonry, 1630) [1]
- 1630β1660 Alexander Cunningham[1]
- 1660/1β1661 John Leslie (afterwards Bishop of Clogher, 1661) [1]
- 1661β1670 John Wellwood[1]
- 1670β1671 Ezekiel Hopkins (afterwards Bishop of Raphoe, 1671) [1]
- 1671 Thomas Buttolph[1]
- 1676β1683 Capel Wiseman (afterwards Bishop of Dromore, 1683) [1]
- 1683/4β1691/2 Nathanael Wilson (afterwards Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, 1691/2) [1]
- 1691/2β1725 John Trench[1]
- 1725β1742/3 William Cotterell (afterwards Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, 1742/3)[1]
- 1742/3β1744 Arthur Smyth (afterwards Dean of Derry, 1744)[1]
- 1744β1756 Anthony Thompson [1]
- 1757β1776 William Barker [1]
- 1776β1776 Thomas Bray[1]
- 1776β1795 James King[1]
- 1795β1832 Richard Allott[1]
- 1832β1873 Lord Edward Chichester[1]
- 1873-1882 John Gwynn (afterwards Dean of Derry, 1882)
- 1882β1897 Edward Bowen (died 1897)
- 1897-1897 Michael Bell Cox (died within a few days of appointment; not installed)
- 1897β1900 Richard Bennett
- 1900β1903 Richard Aemilius Baillie
- 1903β1905 Joseph Potter
- 1905β1916 William George Kennedy (died December, successor appointed the following month)
- 1917β1940 John Pirrie Conerney
- 1940-1947 Thomas Henry Staunton
- 1947-1957 Joseph Kildare Beattie
- 1957-1959 Cyril James Homan
- 1960-1962 John Ernest Doyle
- 1962β1967 George Good (afterwards Dean of Derry, 1967)
- 1967β1972 Stephen Arthur Cave
- 1972-1976 John Watson
- 1976-1980 Edward Alexander Moore
- 1980β1992 Samuel William Reede
- 1992β2002 Stephen White (afterwards Dean of Killaloe, 2002)
- 2003-2013 John Hay
- 2014β2021 Arthur Barrett
- 2023- Elizabeth Fitzgerald
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