Primate of All Ireland
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Primate of All-Ireland is the title held by the Archbishop of Armagh. Both the Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland faiths in Ireland have an Archbishop of Armagh who serves as Primate of All-Ireland.
Though the island of Ireland was partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 into two states now known as the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, all major Irish religions are organised on an all-island basis. Within the Republic of Ireland, the senior bishop in both the Roman and Irish churches is the Archbishop of Dublin who is known as the Primate of Ireland1.
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[edit] Current Archbishops
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh is Seán Brady. The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh is Robin Eames.
[edit] History of the diocese (Catholic)
See main article Archdiocese of Armagh (Roman Catholic)
[edit] History of the diocese (Church of Ireland)
See main article Archdiocese of Armagh (Church of Ireland)
[edit] Footnotes
- This distinction mirrors the corresponding distinction in the Church of England (and the pre-Reformation English Catholic church) between the Primate of All England (ie Archbishop of Canterbury) and the Primate of England (ie Archbishop of York).
[edit] See also
- Archbishops of Armagh - Primate of All Ireland (Catholic)
- Archbishops of Armagh - Primate of All Ireland (Church of Ireland)
- Religion in the United Kingdom
