On Tuesday, 5 October, 2010, The Most Reverend Dr John RW Neill announced his intention to retire at the end of January 2011 as Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough to the House of Bishops.
22 October 2010
The Bible Society in Northern Ireland has placed a new range of worship resources on its website at www.bsni.co.uk to encourage churches to celebrate access to the Scriptures.
07 September 2010
The archbishops and bishops of the Church of Ireland are anxious that members of the Church throughout the country should be given an opportunity to respond to the present humanitarian crises of which we are so painfully aware.
20 August 2010
I very much look forward to full confirmation of the complete decommissioning of all armaments held by loyalist paramilitaries. It will represent a further and extremely welcome step towards confidence building and the normalisation of society in Northern Ireland.
19 June 2009
Every St Patrick's Day takes place in the context of a specific year with specific events in our minds. This year, we cannot but think of the recent murder of two soldiers and a member of the PSNI
17 March 2009
For a second time within a space of 48 hours death has been brought to our streets, grief visited upon families and colleagues, and injury done both to individual persons and to all the people of Ireland, north and south
10 March 2009
Statement by the Archbishop of Armagh. The lethal attack on Massereene Barracks leaving two people dead and four injured is deeply distressing and deplorable. I send my heartfelt sympathy to those who have been bereaved or injured.
09 March 2009
The Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem operates the Al Ahli Hospital in the heart of Gaza City. It is providing essential frontline medical and emergency humanitarian services to those coming or being brought directly to it.
07 January 2009
The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, the Most Revd Alan Harper, OBE, last night (12/11/08) gave a notable talk entitled, 'The Power and Significance of Sacred Space' at the Armagh Club, Upper English Street, Armagh
13 November 2008
There can be very few who would resist the view that Richard Hooker is even more formative of Anglican Theology and the Anglican theological method than was Thomas Cranmer of Anglican liturgy. Furthermore, the 16th century debate within which Hooker made his most significant contribution was one with striking similarities to the debate underlying the troubled state of the Anglican Communion today.
04 July 2008