Brian John Harper is an Irish

Anglican Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deity, deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in parti ...

: he is the current

Archdeacon of Clogher The Archdeacon of Clogher is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Clogher (Church of Ireland), Anglican Diocese of Clogher. The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the diocese. The arch ...

. Harper was born in 1961, educated at the

University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a Public university, public research university in Liverpool, England. Founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool, Victoria University (United Kingdom), Victoria University, it received Ro ...

and the Church of Ireland Theological College, and

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

in 1986. His first posts were curacies at

Portadown Portadown ( ) is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town is based on the River Bann in the north of the county, about southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population ...

and Drumglass. After this, he held incumbencies at Ballygawley,

Mullavilly Laurelvale is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is beside the smaller village of Mullavilly and the two are sometimes referred to as Laurelvale-Mullavilly or Mullavilly-Laurelvale. The village is three miles south of Portadown and ...

and

Magheracross Magheracross is a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It extends in area from just north of Enniskillen to the border with County Tyrone and includes a small enclave in County Tyrone. The ...

. His appointment as

was announced in December 2016.Fermanagh Herald
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References

1961 births Living people Archdeacons of Clogher Alumni of the University of Liverpool Alumni of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub