The Dean of Down is based in The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Downpatrick within the

Diocese of Down and Dromore The Diocese of Down and Dromore (also known as the United Dioceses of Down and Dromore) is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in the south east of Northern Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. The geographical remit of the d ...

of the Church of

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. The current incumbent is T. Henry Hull.

Deans of Down

*1541 Connor Magennis *1609–1622 John Gibson *1623–1627 Robert Dawson (afterwards

Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh The Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, comprising the southern part of County Galway and a small area of County Roscommon, Ireland. In 1834, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh ...

, 1627) *1627–1635 Henry Leslie (afterwards Bishop of Down and Connor, 1635 *1635 William Coote (died before 1657) *1661/2 Thomas Bayly (afterwards Archdeacon of Connor, 1663 and then Bishop of Killala and Achonry, 1664) *1663/4–1669 Daniel Witter (afterwards

Bishop of Killaloe The Bishop of Killaloe ( ) is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Killaloe in County Clare, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bish ...

*1669–1681/2 William Sheridan (afterwards

Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh The Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Kilmore and Ardagh in the Province of Armagh. The Diocese of Kilmore composed most of County Cavan and parts of counties Leitrim, Fermanagh, Meath and Sli ...

, 1682) *1682–1682 Benjamin Phipps *1682/3–1709 John M'Neale *1709–1717 Ralph Lambert (afterwards

Bishop of Dromore The Bishop of Dromore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the original monastery of Dromore in County Down, Northern Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church the title still continues as a separate bishopric, but in the Church of Irel ...

, 1717) *1717–1721 Benjamin Pratt *1721/2–1723 Charles Fairfax *1723/4–1731 William Gore *1731/2–1739 Richard Daniel *1739–1744 Thomas Fletcher (afterwards

, 1744) *1744–1768 Patrick Delany *1768–1787 James Dickson *1787–1817 Hon William Annesley *1817–1831 Edmund Knox (afterwards

Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora The Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora in the Province of Cashel; comprising all of County Clare and the northern part of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. The Ep ...

, 1831) *1831–1839 Thomas Plunket (afterwards

Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry The Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry in the Province of Armagh.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition)'', Church House Publishing (). The ...

, 1839) *1839–1855

Theophilus Blakely Theophilus Blakely was an Irish Anglican priest. Blakely was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. he was Dean of Connor from 1811 to 1824; Dean of Achonry from 1824 to 1839; and Dean of Down from then until his death on 1 December 1855.Births ...

*1856–1876 Thomas Woodward *1876–1887 Edward Busteed Moeran *1887–1912 Edward Maguire *1912–1923 John Pierce Brown *1923–1938 William Patrick Carmody *1938–1945

Cyril Elliott Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott (known as Cyril; 1890–1977) was an eminent Irish clergyman in the middle of the 20th century. Ordained in 1915, he began his career as a chaplain to the Forces, after which he was Rector of All Saints, Belf ...

(afterwards Dean of Belfast, 1945) *1945–1954 Frederick Hatch *1955–1963 Walter Horatio Good *1964–1968 Alfred Weller Mussen Stanley Mann *1968–1980 Robert William Thomas Howard Kilpatrick *1980–?1987 John Herbert Rosmund Good *1987–1996 Hamilton Leckey *1997–2006 John Frederick Dinnen *2006–present Thomas Henry Hull

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