Robert Desmond Harman (20 June 1941 – 18 December 2007) was

Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin The Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin is dean and head of the chapter of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Church Cathedral, which is the cathedral church of the United Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough in the Ch ...

from 2004 until 2007. Harman was educated at

Sligo Grammar School Sligo Grammar School is a private fee-paying co-educational boarding school located on The Mall in Sligo. The school has approximately 450 students of which approximately 100 are boarders. It offers the traditional Junior Certificate and Leavin ...

and

Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...

. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

in 1967 and his first post was as a

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' () of souls of a parish. In this sense, ''curate'' means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy who are as ...

Taney Parish The Parish of Taney () is a populous parish in the Church of Ireland, located in the Dundrum, Dublin, Dundrum area of Dublin. Taney is also a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name, in the Dublin (barony), barony of Dublin and ...

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Crockford's Clerical Directory ''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' (''Crockford'') is the authoritative directory of Anglican clergy and churches in Great Britain and Ireland, containing details of English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish benefices and churches, and biographies of aro ...

1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 After this he was successively Rector of

Santry Santry () is a suburb on the northside of Dublin, Ireland, bordering Coolock, Glasnevin, Kilmore and Ballymun. It straddles the boundary of Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council jurisdictions. The character of the area has chang ...

then Milltown before becoming dean.

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1941 births 2007 deaths People educated at Sligo Grammar School Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Place of birth missing {{Ireland-Anglican-dean-stub