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Archbishop of Armagh

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Archbishop of Armagh
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The Archbishop of Armagh is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name from the see city of Armagh in Northern Ireland. Since the Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic successions to the title: one in the Catholic Church and the other in the Church of Ireland. The archbishop of each denomination also holds the title of Primate of All Ireland.

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St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, the episcopal seat of the Catholic and, after the Reformation, Church of Ireland archbishops.
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St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral, Armagh, the episcopal seat of Catholic archbishops after the Reformation.

In the Church of Ireland, the archbishop is John McDowell, who is the ecclesiastical head of the Church of Ireland and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Armagh.[1] He was elected as archbishop in March 2020 and translated to the role on 28 April 2020.[2][3]

In the Catholic Church, the archbishop is Eamon Martin, who is the ecclesiastical head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, metropolitan of the Province of Armagh and the ordinary of the Archdiocese of Armagh. He succeeded on 8 September 2014, having been ordained Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh on 21 April 2013 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh.[4]

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History

In the medieval Irish church, the earliest bishops doubled as abbots, with the bishop becoming the junior of the two positions. From the 8th century, if not earlier, the house of Armagh claimed foundation from Saint Patrick, and the position of comarba Pátraic ("successor of Patrick") was held by the abbot of Armagh until the position of abbot and bishop were merged again in the 12th century, with the creation of the archbishopric of Armagh.

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Early abbots and bishops of Armagh

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Later abbots and bishops of Armagh

Abbots of Armagh

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Bishops of Armagh

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Pre-Reformation archbishops

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Archbishops during the Reformation

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Post-Reformation archbishops

Church of Ireland succession

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Catholic succession

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