Michael Jackson (bishop)

Trinity College, Dublin St John's College, Cambridge

Styles of Michael Jackson
Reference style		The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace
Religious style	Archbishop

Michael Geoffrey St Aubyn Jackson (born 24 May 1956) is a Church of Ireland

of Anglican and Lutheran churches.

Early life and family

Jackson was born in

as only a Junior Freshman, he was elected as a Scholar of the College in classics, the greatest undergraduate achievement. 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 with a B.A. in 1979. He incepted to M.A. in 1982.

He read Theology at

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.^[2]

Ecclesiastical career

He was

, 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.

Jackson also plays an active role in the wider Anglican Communion, especially in the areas of ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue.

Jackson was elected

Jackson declined to make a statement either in favor of or against the March 2024 Irish constitutional referendums, citing the level of debate around the term "durable".^[7] Ultimately, both proposals were rejected by the voters, leading Leo Varadkar to decide to step down as Taoiseach; while some media outlets linked this decision to the failure of both referendums, the Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan said he did not believe it was the "defining reason" for the resignation.^[8][9]

References

External links

Church of Ireland press releases

• "New Bishop of Clogher" (21 November 2001) – announcing Jackson's election
• "Armagh Congregation Welcomes New Bishop of Clogher" (6 March 2002) – announcing Jackson's consecration
• "Joint Christmas Message from the Bishops of Clogher" (2002) – joint message by Michael Jackson and Joseph Duffy, his
  Catholic counterpart
• "The Right Reverend Michael Jackson Elected as New Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough" (2 February 2011)

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Brian Hannon	Bishop of Clogher 2002–2011	Succeeded by John McDowell
Preceded by John Neill	Archbishop of Dublin 2011–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence in Northern Ireland
Preceded by Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)	Gentlemen Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin	Succeeded by John McDowell Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)