Archibald Adair (died 1647) was a 17th-century Irish Anglican bishop.[1]

Adair was Dean of Raphoe from 1622 to 1630, when he became Bishop of Killala and Achonry. He was nominated on 23 November 1629 and consecrated 9 May the following year.[2] Deprived on 18 May 1640 (subsequently set aside), he was translated to Waterford and Lismore on 13 July 1641.[3] He died in 1647.

References

  1. ^ "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  2. ^ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
  3. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 400–401. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Church of Ireland titles Preceded byPhelim O'Doghertie Dean of Raphoe 1622–1630 Succeeded byAlexander Cunningham Preceded byArchibald Hamilton Bishop of Killala and Achonry 1630–1640 Succeeded byJohn Maxwell Preceded byJohn Atherton Bishop of Waterford and Lismore 1641–1647 Succeeded bySee vacant


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