Background
Jackson was born in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, the son of Church of Ireland rector (latterly appointed Archdeacon of Elphin & Ardagh), and educated at Ballinamallard Primary School and Portora Royal School, Enniskillen.
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Trinity College, Dublin, before going on to do postgraduate studies at Cambridge University. He was ordained to the Anglican ministry as a deacon in 1986 and a priest in 1987. His next appointment was as College Chaplain at Christ Church, Oxford, from 1989 to 1997.
He returned to Ireland and served as the Incumbent of Street Finance, Financial Barre"s Union and Dean of Cork, from 1997 to 2002.
On 2 February 2011, he was elected Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough, and enthroned at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin on 8 May 2011, succeeding John Neill.
