St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland)

The Cathedral Church of St Patrick, Armagh
Cathedral of the Diocese of Armagh and Metropolitan Cathedral of the United Provinces of Armagh and Tuam
The Cathedral Church of St Patrick, Armagh
54°20′52″N 6°39′22″W / 54.3478°N 6.6562°W / 54.3478; -6.6562
Country	Northern Ireland
Denomination	Church of Ireland
Previous denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	www.stpatricks-cathedral.org
History
Founded	AD 445
Founder(s)	Saint Patrick
Dedication	Saint Patrick
Consecrated	AD 445
Administration
Province	Province of Armagh
Diocese	Diocese of Armagh
Clergy
Archbishop	The Most Reverend John McDowell
Dean	The Very Reverend Shane Forster
Precentor	The Reverend Canon Norman Porteus
Chancellor	The Reverend Canon Drew Dawson
Archdeacon	The Venerable Terry Scott (Archdeacon of Armagh)
Laity
Organist(s)	Stephen Timpany
Treasurer	The Reverend Canon Bill Adair

St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Irish: Ardeaglais Phádraig, Ard Mhacha) is a Church of Ireland cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Diocese of Armagh.^[1] The origins of the site are as a 5th century Irish stone monastery, said to have been founded by St. Patrick. Throughout the Middle Ages, the cathedral was the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, and one of the most important churches in Gaelic Ireland. With the 16th-century Protestant Reformation, the Irish Church divided between Protestants and Roman Catholics, with the cathedral being retained by the Church of Ireland.

Following Catholic emancipation in the 19th century, a new Catholic cathedral was built in Armagh, also called St Patrick's Cathedral.