Robin Eames
Robert Henry Alexander "Robin" Eames, Baron Eames , OM (born April 27, 1937 in Larne , Northern Ireland ) was primate of the Church of Ireland from 1986 to 2006 .
Robin Eames was born the son of a Methodist pastor. He attended Methodist College Belfast and then studied at Queen's University Belfast and the Anglican Trinity College in Dublin . He was ordained a priest in 1964 and has served as pastor in various congregations in Belfast.
In 1975, at the age of 38, he was ordained bishop of the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe, which lies in both Ireland and Northern Ireland. In a groundbreaking gesture, he invited the Catholic Bishop Edward Daly to the episcopal ordination.
He was Bishop of Down and Dromore from 1980 to 1986 and the 103rd Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1986 to 2006.
On August 25, 1995, on the recommendation of Prime Minister John Major , he was raised to the nobility as a life peer with the title Baron Eames , of Armagh in the County of Armagh, and thereby became a member of the House of Lord .
Robin Eames was a kind of troubleshooter for the Anglican Church . From 1988 to 1989 he was chairman of the commission on Communion and Women in the Episcopate . In 1991 he was chairman of the Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission . In 2003/2004 he was chairman of the Lambeth Commission on Communion .
literature
- Alf McCreary: Nobody's Fool: The Life of Robin Eames , 2004, ISBN 0-340-86223-8
Web link
- Mr Robert Eames at Hansard (English)
- Biography on Church of Ireland website ( February 2, 2007 memento on Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eames, Robin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eames, Robert Henry Alexander, Baron Eames |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British clergyman, Primate of the Church of Ireland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Larne , Northern Ireland |