John Armstrong (archbishop of Armagh)

John Armstrong
The Most Reverend; John Armstrong; D.D.
	Archbishop of Armagh; Primate of All Ireland
Church	Church of Ireland
Diocese	Armagh
Elected	25 February 1980
In office	1980-1986
Predecessor	George Simms
Successor	Robin Eames
Orders
Ordination	24 December 1939
Consecration	21 September 1968; by George Simms
Personal details
Born	30 September 1915; Belfast, Ireland
Died	21 July 1987 (aged 71); Skerries, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Buried	St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Nationality	Irish
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	John Armstrong & Elizabeth Ward
Spouse	Doris Winifred Harrison
Children	5
Previous post	Bishop of Cashel and Waterford (1968-1977); Bishop of Cashel and Ossory (1977-1980)

John Ward Armstrong (30 September 1915 – 21 July 1987) was an Irish Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Armagh from 1980 to 1986,[1][2][3] having previously been the Bishop of Cashel and Waterford from 1968 to 1977, Bishop of Cashel and Ossory from 1977 to 1980, and the Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1958 to 1968.[4]

Armstrong was born in Belfast, and educated at the Belfast Royal Academy and Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained deacon in 1938, and his first position was at All Saints Church, Grangegorman.[5] He was ordained priest on December 24, 1939. He was the clerical vicar at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin[6] and then Dean's Vicar at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin until 1944. He was then rector of Christ Church, Leeson Park, Dublin until he became the Dean of St Patrick's.[7]

Notes

New Primate of Ireland surprised by choice, The Times, 26 February 1980; pg. 3; Issue 60560; col C
St Patrick's Cathedral website
E. B. Pryde; D. E. Greenway (23 February 1996). Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5.
"A New History of Ireland" by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976, ISBN 0-19-821745-5
Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947
“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
The Times, 21 November 1958; pg. 14; Issue 54314; col D, Ecclesiastical News Church Appointments

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Cecil De Pauley	Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 1958–1968	Succeeded by Victor Gilbert Benjamin Griffin
Preceded by William Cecil De Pauley	Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore 1968–1980	Succeeded by Noel Vincent Willoughby
Preceded by George Otto Simms	Archbishop of Armagh 1980 – 1986	Succeeded by Robin Henry Alexander Eames

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