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The Province of Armagh is one of the four ecclesiastical provinces that together form the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland; the others are Dublin, Tuam and Cashel.The geographical remit of the province straddles both political jurisdictions on the island of Ireland – the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
St. Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland.It was built in various phases between 1840 and 1904 to serve as the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Armagh, the original medieval Cathedral of St. Patrick having been appropriated by the state church called the Church of Ireland at the time of the Irish ...
Archdiocese of Armagh may refer to: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh , a senior primatial and metropolitan see of Ireland Diocese of Armagh (Church of Ireland) , one of four dioceses of the Church of Ireland
In the Roman Catholic Church, the entirety of Northern Ireland is comprehended by the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. The eponymous archdiocese and five of its suffragan dioceses cover the area of Northern Ireland.
The diocese traces its history to St Patrick in the 5th century, who founded the see. Church property that existed when the Church of Ireland broke with the Roman Catholic Church , buildings included, was retained by the reformed Church of Ireland, then on the disestablishment of the Church in 1871, confiscated by the state.
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As Primate of Armagh he held an important synod in 1854, at which all the bishops of the northern province assisted with their theologians. In the same year he began completing the unfinished cathedral of Armagh and almost accomplished the work before his death. In 1856 he formed the diocesan chapter consisting of thirteen members.
It is the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Diocese of Armagh. [1] The origins of the site are as a 5th century Irish stone monastery, said to have been founded by St. Patrick . Throughout the Middle Ages, the cathedral was the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh , head of the Catholic Church in Ireland , and one of the most ...