Michael Jackson (Anglican bishop)
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The Most Reverend Michael Jackson |
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| Archbishop of Dublin, Bishop of Glendalough, and Primate of Ireland |
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| Church | Church of Ireland |
| Province | Dublin and Cashel |
| Diocese | Dublin and Glendalough |
| Elected | 2 February 2011 |
| Installed | 8 May 2011 |
| Predecessor | John Neill |
| Orders | |
| Ordination |
Deacon 1986 Priest 1987 |
| Consecration | 6 March 2002 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Michael Geoffrey St Aubyn Jackson |
| Born |
24 May 1956 Lurgan, County Armagh |
| Denomination | Church of Ireland |
| Spouse | Inez Cooke |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Previous post | Bishop of Clogher |
| Alma mater |
Trinity College, Dublin St John's College, Cambridge |
Michael Geoffrey St Aubyn Jackson (born 24 May 1956) is the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough since 2011.
He also serves as Co-chairman of the Anglican-Lutheran communion Porvoo Communion.
Jackson was born in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, the son of a Church of Ireland rector (latterly appointed Archdeacon of Elphin & Ardagh), and educated at Ballinamallard Primary School and Portora Royal School, Enniskillen. In 1979 he achieved the Louis Claude Purser Entrance Scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin. As only a Junior Freshman, he was elected as a Scholar of the College, the greatest undergraduate achievement, and as a Senior Freshman was awarded the Bishop Berkeley Gold Medal for Greek. As a Sophister, he achieved a First in the Moderatorship Part I along with a Mullins Classical Exhibition, before finally taking a first class Moderatorship II in Classics and a Gold Medal, and graduating B.A., incepting to M.A. in 1982.
He read Theology at Cambridge University where he was elected a foundation scholar of St John's College, Cambridge and took a First Class Tripos Part II in Theology and Religious Studies.
He is married to Inez Cooke, a medical doctor who was born in County Fermanagh, and they have one daughter, Camilla.
He was ordained to the Anglican ministry as a deacon in 1986 and a priest in 1987. His first pastoral appointment was as a curate at Zion Parish, Dublin, and he also lectured at Trinity College, Dublin and the Church of Ireland Theological Institute (now Institute). His next appointment was as College Chaplain at Christ Church, Oxford, from 1989 to 1997 where was also a Student. He returned to Ireland and served as the Incumbent of St Fin Barre's Union and Dean of Cork, from 1997 to 2002. Jackson has held many notable positions in the Church of Ireland, including chairmanship of the Church in Society Committee and, currently, chairmanship of the Board for Social Theology.
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