Archdiocese of Armagh
Armachan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Armagh, Ireland
The Archdiocese of Armagh is the metropolitan and primatial see of the Catholic Church in Ireland, traditionally founded by St. Patrick around 445 and raised to a metropolitan archdiocese at the Synod of Kells in 1152. Its archbishop holds the title Primate of All Ireland, and the see has been led by Archbishop Eamon Martin since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 445
- Latin
- Armachan(us)
- Patron
- St. Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001000730
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 242,860
- Population
- 348,000
- Catholic share
- 69.8%
- Priests
- 138
- Catholics per priest
- 1,760
- Extent
- 3,472 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 70
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Eamon Martin
- Born
- 30 October 1961
- Birthplace
- Derry
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh stands in Armagh, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Armagh
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ardagh–ClonmacnoisArdagh
- Diocese of ClogherClogher
- Diocese of DerryDerry
- Diocese of Down and ConnorDown and Connor
- Diocese of DromoreDromore
- Diocese of KilmoreKilmore
- Diocese of MeathMeath
- Diocese of RaphoeRaphoe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Situated in Ireland, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh (Latin: "Archidioecesis Ardmachana"; Irish: "Ard-Deoise Ard Mhacha") is a Latin ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church. Its ordinary, the Archbishop of Armagh, is at once metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, making him the highest-ranking prelate in the Irish Catholic hierarchy.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].