He was
ordained in 1976. He was
curate at All Saints'
Maidstone and then
chaplain of the
College of St Hild and St Bede. From 1985 to 1991 he was domestic chaplain to the
Archbishop of York and
diocesan director of
ordinands. From then until his appointment as Dean of Blackburn he was
vicar of
St Martin's Scarborough. Armstrong resigned the Deanery of Blackburn effective 17 June 2016. ==References==