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Although both are a Province of the Anglican Communion, the Monarch of England is the head of the Church of England, while, at present, the Most Revd Alan Harper OBE Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland heads the Church of Ireland.

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No, they are different, the Catholic Church was founded by Our Blessed Lord on the Apostle Peter in 33 A.D. (approximately); the Church of England was established by Queen Elizabeth I of England sixteen centuries later.

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