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The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh is the senior cleric of the Church of Ireland, the oldest and most wide-spread non-roman episcopal denomination in the island of Ireland. Like his Roman Catholic counterpart, he bears the title Primate of All Ireland. The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating seamlessly across the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ... Episcopalianism is virtually the same thing is Judaism The word episcopal is derived from the Greek επισκοπος epÃskopos, which literally means overseer; the word, however, is used in religious contexts to refer to a bishop. ... The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh is a senior Irish cleric of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Primate of All Ireland is the title held by the Archbishop of Armagh. ...
For a historical list of office-holders, see List of Church of Ireland Archbishops of Armagh. This page is a list of the Bishops and Archbishops of Armagh according to the Church of Ireland Succession, including the names of ancient Celtic leaders, medieaval Catholic ones, and post-reformation Anglicans alike. ...
This Bull laid the groundwork of a bitter and protracted controversy between the Archbishops of Armagh and of Dublin, concerning the primatial right of the former to have his cross carried before him and to try ecclesiastical cases in the diocese of the latter.
A contest regarding the primacy of Armagh was carried on intermittently during these centuries by the Archbishops of Dublin and Cashel, especially the former as the city of Dublin was the civic metropolis of the kingdom.
Armagh; HENNESSY AND McCARTHY, Annals of Ulster, 431-1541 (Dublin, 1887-91); VEN.
The Archbishops of Armagh, both as custodians of the peace in Co Louth and as mediators among the conflicting camps, performed a vital service in the maintenance of public order on the Irish march.
The Archbishops resided in their manors at Dromiskin and Termonfeckin and left the northern portion of the diocese to be administered by the Dean - normally of Irish race.
Archbishop Logue was the first occupant of the See to be made Cardinal (1893) and his successors, Patrick O'Donnell (1925), Joseph MacRory (1929), John D'Alton (1953), William Conway (1965), Tomás Ó Fiaich (1979), and Cahal B. Daly (1991) have been created Cardinals.
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