Eamon Martin


Eamon Martin

Archbishop of Armagh
Primate of All Ireland
Martin in 2019
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseArmagh
Appointed18 January 2013 (coadjutor)
Installed21 April 2013 (coadjutor)
8 September 2014 (Archbishop)
PredecessorSeán Cardinal Brady
Other post(s)President of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference
Apostolic administrator of Dromore
Previous post(s)Diocesan administrator and vicar general of the Diocese of Derry
Executive secretary to the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference
President of and Head of Religious Education and Teacher at St Columb's College
Orders
Ordination28 June 1987
by Edward Daly
Consecration21 April 2013
by Seán Brady
Personal details
Born (1961-10-30) 30 October 1961 (age 63)
Derry, Northern Ireland
ResidenceAra Coeli, Armagh, Northern Ireland
ParentsJohn James and Catherine Martin
Alma materSt Edmunds College, Cambridge
UCL Institute of Education
Queen's University Belfast
St Patrick's College, Maynooth
MottoCantate canticum novum
(Sing a new song)
Coat of armsEamon Martin's coat of arms

Eamon Columba Martin KC*HS (born 30 October 1961) is an Irish Catholic prelate from Northern Ireland who has served as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland since 2014.