Province of Armagh (Church of Ireland)

Province of Armagh
Province of Armagh
	Redcoloured areas
Church	Church of Ireland
Metropolitan bishop	Archbishop of Armagh
Cathedral	St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
Dioceses	6

The United Provinces of Armagh and Tuam, commonly called the Province of Armagh,^[1] and also known as the Northern Province, is one of the two ecclesiastical provinces that together form the Anglican Church of Ireland; the other is the Province of Dublin. The province has existed since 1833, when the ancient Province of Armagh was merged with the Province of Tuam. The Archbishop of Armagh is its metropolitan bishop.

Geographic remit

There are six suffragan dioceses in the Province, which cover all of Northern Ireland and, in the Republic of Ireland, the counties of Donegal, Monaghan, Cavan, Louth, Leitrim, part of Sligo, Roscommon (except for its very south), Longford. It covers approximately half of the island of Ireland.

The dioceses are:

^ Robin Marsh (2007). "Diocese of Armagh: History". Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2009.

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