James Ussher was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625 and 1656. He was a prolific Irish scholar and church leader, who today is most famous for his identification of the genuine letters of the church father, Ignatius of Antioch, and for his chronology that sought to establish the time and date of the creation as "the entrance of the night preceding the 23rd day of October... the year before Christ 4004"; that is, around 6 pm on 22 October 4004 BC, per the proleptic Julian calendar.
Henry Ussher was an Irish Protestant churchman, a founder of Trinity College Dublin, and Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh.
Christopher Hampton (1552–1625) was an Englishman who was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh from 1613 to 1625.
Robert Ussher was an Irish Protestant bishop who served as the 6th Provost of Trinity College Dublin 1629 to 1634. He was also Bishop of Kildare for some time.
Charles Richard Elrington (1787–1850) was a Church of Ireland cleric and academic, regius professor of divinity in the Trinity College Dublin.
Henry Jones was the Anglican Bishop of Clogher and Bishop of Meath.
Brabazon William Disney was an Irish Dean in the middle of the 19th century.
'Michael Ward (1643-1681) was an English 17th-century Anglican bishop and academic who served as the 12th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1675 to 1678.
Anthony Cope (1713–1764) was Dean of Armagh from 1753 until his death.
Cormac Roth was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1535 until 1548. He was also Rector of Heynestown, Vicar of Termonfeckin and Prebendary of Kene in Armagh cathedral.
Christopher Ussher, the uncle of Archbishop James Ussher, was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1591 until his death on 25 June 1597.
William Fullarton was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1633 until 1655.
Thomas Vesey was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1655 to 1662; and again from 1663 to 1669.
Edmund Arwaker was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1691 until 1693.
Michael Heweton was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1693 to 1700.
William Hamilton was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1700 to 1730.
Henry Jenney, was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1733 to 1738.
Arthur Jacob D.D. was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1777 until his death in 1786.
Charles Knox was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1814 until his death.
Henry Clarke (1700–1777) was an Irish academic.
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