Dean of Elphin and Ardagh

The Dean of Elphin and Ardagh is based in St John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo in the Diocese of Elphin and Ardagh within the united bishopric of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh of the Church of Ireland. The dioceses of Elphin and Ardagh were merged in 1841. The original cathedral had been destroyed by military action in 1496 and the original diocesan cathedral was damaged by a storm in 1957 and abandoned in 1961.
The current incumbent is The Very Reverend A. Williams.

Deans of Elphin

Malachi O'Flanagan: ? – 1587
Thomas O'Heidegein: 1587
Thomas Burke: 1591–1603
Edward King: 1603
Eriell O'Higgin: 1606
John Evatt: 1613–1633
1634 Richard Jones: 1634
Joseph Ware: 1642–1648
Edward Synge: ? – 1661
Clement Paman: 1661–1664
Daniel Neyland: 1664
1665 Thomas Crofton: 1665
Anthony Cope: 1683–1700
Edward Goldsmith: 1700–1723
Peter Mahon: 1723–1739
Christopher Lloyd: 1739–1757
James Dickson: 1757–1768
Robert Bligh: 1768–1778
John Barry: 1778–1794
Francis Browne: 1794–1797
John French: 1797–1848
William Warburton: 1848–1894
Francis Burke: 1894–1900
Alexander Kearney: 1904–1912
Deans of Ardagh
John Bowerman: 1552
1563 William Brady: 1563
Robert Richardson: 1595
Lewis Jones: 1606–1625
Henry Jones: 1625–1637
Nicholas Bernard: 1637 – ?
John Kerb/Carr: 1661–1701
John Barton: 1701
Charles Cobbe: 1718–1720
Josiah Hort: 1720–1721
Robert Howard: 1721
Lewis Saurin: 1727–1749
George Sandford: 1749–1757
Thomas White: 1757–1769
William French: 1769–1785
Lilly Butler: 1785–1790
Charles Mongan Warburton: 1790–1800
The Hon. Richard Bourke: 1800–1813
Richard Graves: 1814–1829
Richard Murray: 1829–1854
Usher Tighe: 1854–1860
Augustus William West: 1860–1880
Alexander Orme: 1880–1896
Frederic Potterton: 1896–1912
Thomas Reilly: 1913–1921
Deans of Elphin and Ardagh
John Ardill: 1933–1944
John Beresford: 1944–1954
James Wilson: 1954–1963
George Bolton: 1963–1967
Cecil Wyndham Browne: 1967–1983
Hugh Mortimer: 1983–1991
Stuart McGee: 1992–1999
David Griscome: 1999–2004
Arfon Williams: 2004–present