The Church of Ireland is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autocephalous member church of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second-largest Christian church
St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, seat of the Primate of All Ireland
Henry II with Thomas Becket; the 1155 intervention was the start of efforts to Anglicise the Irish church
James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh
The Seven Bishops acquitted, June 1688; a key factor in the removal of James, five later became Non-Jurors
An episcopal polity, also known as episcopalianism, is a hierarchical form of church governance in which the chief local authorities are called bishops. The word "bishop" here is derived via the Vulga
Church of Ireland
…church on the island after the Roman Catholic Church. Like other Anglican churches, it has retained elements of pre-Reformation practice, notably its episcopal polity, while rejecting the primacy of the pope. In theological and liturgical matters, it incorporates many principles of the Reformation, particularly those…
The chair (cathedra) of the Bishop of Rome (Pope) of the Catholic Church in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy, represents his episcopal authority.
Pope Pius IX convened the First Vatican Council that approved the dogma of the pope as the visible head of the church, prime bishop over a hierarchy of clergy and believers.
Paul Kwong, Anglican Archbishop and Primate of Hong Kong
Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy