children consecration nationality article_title birth_date term_end church alma_mater title term_start spouse diocese name predecessor birth_place type previous_post successor religion elected province ordination birth_name
catherine , richard , emma , and anne 18 march 2002 british -lrb- english -rrb- alan harper -lrb- bishop -rrb-
 20 march 1944 1 october 2012 church of ireland university of leeds archbishop of armagh and primate of all ireland 2 february 2007 helen armagh alan harper robin eames tamworth , staffordshire archbishop bishop of connor -lrb- 2002-2007 -rrb- richard clarke anglican 10 january 2007 armagh 1978 -lrb- deacon -rrb- 1979 -lrb- priest -rrb- alan edwin thomas harper
alan harper -lrb- bishop -rrb-

alan edwin thomas harper , o.b.e. -lrb- born 20 march 1944 -rrb- is a retired anglican prelate , having served in the church of ireland as archbishop of armagh and primate of all ireland from 2007 -- 2012 .
he is the first english-born primate since the disestablishment of the church of ireland in 1869 .
he and his wife helen have four children .
