Alan Harper (bishop)
The Most Reverend Alan Harper OBE | |
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Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland | |
Church | Church of Ireland |
Province | Armagh |
Diocese | Armagh |
Elected | 10 January 2007 |
In office | 2007–2012 |
Predecessor | Robin Eames |
Successor | Richard Clarke |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1977 (Deacon) 1979 (Priest) |
Consecration | 18 March 2002 by Robin Eames |
Personal details | |
Born | Alan Edwin Thomas Harper 20 March 1944 Tamworth, Staffordshire, England |
Nationality | British (English) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse |
Helen Harper (m. 1967) |
Children | 4 |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Connor (2002–2007) |
Alma mater | University of Leeds Church of Ireland Theological College |
Alan Edwin Thomas Harper,
He was the second English-born primate since the Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland in 1869. He and his wife Helen have four children.[3]
Education and employment
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Born in Tamworth, Staffordshire on 20 March 1944,[4] Harper was educated at Moorgate County Primary School, Tamworth, Staffordshire, The Grammar School of Elizabeth, Queen of England in Tamworth. He studied geography at Leeds University.[5]
Following graduation (BA), he worked as university map curator and departmental librarian in the Department of Geography. He moved to Northern Ireland in July 1966 when he was appointed a member of the Archaeological Survey of Northern Ireland. He married in 1967; he and his wife Helen have four children; Catherine, Richard and twins Emma and Anne.
In 1974 he returned to England as principal assistant planning officer with the Staffordshire County Council. In 1980 he was appointed a member of the Historic Monuments Council for Northern Ireland (now part of the
Ordination and ministry
Pursuing a
He later served as vicar of Moville, followed by a tenure as rector of Christ Church, County Londonderry from 1982 to 1986.[6] Returning to Connor diocese, he became rector of Malone from 1986 to 2002 and served as Archdeacon of Connor[7] and Precentor of St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, from 1996 to 2002.[8]
Bishop and archbishop
On 17 December 2001, Harper was elected Bishop of Connor by the Episcopal Electoral College. He was consecrated on 18 March 2002 at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, and enthroned in Christ Church Cathedral, Lisburn, on 25 April 2002. On 10 January 2007, the 11 bishops of the Church of Ireland elected him the 104th Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, in succession to Archbishop Robin Eames.[9] In June 2012 he announced his intention to retire with effect from the end of September.[citation needed]
Views on sexuality
Since issues of
References
- ^ "Anglican Communion:The Church of Ireland-Armagh". 20 March 2003. Archived from the original on 20 March 2003.
- ^ "Anglican Communion Primates: A Picture Gallery (part 1)". Anglicanprayer.wordpress.com. 23 January 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
- ^ "Archbishop". Armagh.anglican.org. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8, 2008
- ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
- ^ History of Anglican Diocese of Connor, Anglican.org; accessed 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Diocese of Armagh". Armagh.anglican.org. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Saint Patrick's Cathedral Armagh". 9 May 2008. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Alan Harper: the leading compromise candidate". 10 January 2007. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2007.
- ^ Crawley, William (10 January 2007). "BBC – Will & Testament: Englishman to lead Irish Church". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2020.