The Most Reverend Alan Harper | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Bishop_Alan_Harper.jpg) Harper in 2011 | |
| Church | Church of Ireland |
| Province | Armagh |
| Diocese | Armagh |
| Elected | 10 January 2007 |
| In office | 2007–2012 |
| Predecessor | Robin Eames |
| Successor | Richard Clarke |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Connor (2002–2007) |
| 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 |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds Church of Ireland Theological College |
Alan Edwin Thomas Harper, OBE (born 20 March 1944) is a retired Anglican bishop. He served in the Church of Ireland as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 2007 to 2012.[1][2]
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]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Debrett's People of Today, London, 2008; ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9