Primate Of All Ireland
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. The Catholic Archbishop of Armagh is
Sean Brady, Archbishop of Armagh
. The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh is
Robin Eames
, Archbishop of Armagh. Prior to the
disestablishment
of the Church of Ireland in
1871
, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh was entitled to sit in the
House of Lords
as a
Lord Spiritual
, along with the other Archbishops in rotation. 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 Catholic and Church of Ireland faiths is the
Archbishop of Dublin
who is known as the
Primate of Ireland
.
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
).
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
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