The Anglican Archbishop of Armagh is the ecclesiastical head of the Church of Ireland, the metropolitan of the Province of Armagh and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Armagh.
The diocese traces its history to Saint Patrick in the 5th century, who founded the see, and his current successor is the Most Reverend Alan Harper who was enthroned at St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh on the 16th March 2007. Like his counterpart, the ...
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The Anglican Archbishop of Armagh is the ecclesiastical head of the Church of Ireland, the metropolitan of the Province of Armagh and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Armagh.
The diocese traces its history to Saint Patrick in the 5th century, who founded the see, and his current successor is the Most Reverend Alan Harper who was enthroned at St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh on the 16th March 2007. Like his counterpart, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, he bears the title Primate of All Ireland.
Saint Patrick, having received some grants of land from the chieftain Daire, on the hill called Ard-Macha (the Height of Macha), built a stone church on the summit and a monastery and some other religious edifices round about, and fixed on this place for his metropolitan see. In Irish times, the primacy of Armagh was questioned only by the great southern centre of the Irish Church, at Cashel. Another note-worthy incumbent was St. Malachy O'Morgair (1134-37), who...
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