Archibald Adair (died 1647) was a 17th-century
Irish Anglican bishop
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.
Adair was
Dean of Raphoe
The Dean of Raphoe is based at the Cathedral Church of St Eunan, Raphoe, County Donegal, Ulster in the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe within the Church of Ireland. The Deanery is currently vacant since January 2021.
List of deans
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from 1622 to 1630, when he became
Bishop of Killala and Achonry
The Bishop of Killala and Achonry was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killala and Achonry in the Ecclesiastical Province of Tuam. The diocese comprised part of Counties Mayo and Sligo in Ireland.
The Episcopal see was a union ...
. He was nominated on 23 November 1629 and consecrated 9 May the following year.
["Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton,H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860] Deprived on 18 May 1640 (subsequently set aside), he was translated to
Waterford and Lismore on 13 July 1641.
He died in 1647.
References
Deans of Raphoe
Bishops of Killala and Achonry
Bishops of Waterford and Lismore (Church of Ireland)
1647 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Place of birth missing
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