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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.
Pages in category "Roman Catholic archbishops of Armagh" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
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 ...
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
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.
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 ...
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