Eamon Martin
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Eamon Martin (born 30 October 1961) is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate, the incumbent Archbishop of Armagh and the Primate of All Ireland.
He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Derry and served as an assistant priest of St Eugene's Cathedral from 1987 until 1989. He moved into teaching and earned two more degrees; from 1999 to 2008, he was President of St Columb's College, Derry. He then served as Secretary-General of the Irish Episcopal Conference from 2008 to 2010, Vicar General of the Diocese of Derry from 2010 to 2011, and diocesan administrator of the Diocese of Derry from 2011 to 2013. He was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh in January 2013, consecrated a bishop in April 2013, and succeeded Seán Brady as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland on 8 September 2014.