Province of Armagh (Roman Catholic)
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Archdiocese of Armagh Archidioecesis Armachanus Ard-Deoise Ard Mhacha |
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St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh
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| Location | |
| Country |  Northern Ireland |
| Territory | County Louth, most of County Armagh and parts of counties Tyrone, Londonderry and Meath |
| Ecclesiastical province | Armagh |
| Metropolitan | Armagh |
| Coordinates | 54°20′53″N 6°39′22″W / 54.348°N 6.656°WCoordinates: 54°20′53″N 6°39′22″W / 54.348°N 6.656°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,472 km2 (1,341 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2015) 327,246 234,057 (71.5%) |
| Parishes | 61 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 445 (As Diocese) 1152 (As Archdiocese) |
| Cathedral | St Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh |
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| Secular priests | 138 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Eamon Martin |
| Vicar General |
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| Emeritus Bishops | Seán Brady |
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| Website | |
| armagharchdiocese.org | |
The Archdiocese of Armagh (Latin: Archidioecesis Ardmachana; Irish: Ard-Deoise Ard Mhacha) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in the northern part of Ireland. The Ordinary is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh who is also the Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical province of Armagh and the Primate of All Ireland. The mother church is St Patrick's Cathedral. The claims of the archdiocese to pre-eminence in Ireland as the primatial see, rests upon its traditional establishment by Saint Patrick circa 445. It was formally recognised as a metropolitan province in 1152 by the Synod of Kells.
As of September 2014[update] the incumbent Archbishop is Eamon Martin.
The Province of Armagh is one of the four ecclesiastical provinces that together form the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland; the others are Dublin, Tuam and Cashel. The geographical remit of the province straddles both political jurisdictions in the island of Ireland – the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In Northern Ireland, the remit covers parts of the former administrative counties of Armagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. In the Republic of Ireland, the remit covers parts of the local government area of Louth and most of Meath. It contains the city of Armagh and the large towns Ardee, Coalisland, Drogheda, Dundalk, Dungannon and Magherafelt.
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