Dublin archbishop who helped Ireland heal from abuse retires
December 29, 2020 GMT
ROME (AP) Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, who worked to rebuild the Roman Catholic Church’s credibility in Ireland after it was shattered by decades of clergy sexual abuse and cover-up.
Martin turned 75 earlier this year, the mandatory retirement age for bishops. Francis named Bishop Dermot Farrell, 66, the head of the Ossory diocese in eastern Ireland, as Martin’s replacement.
Deeply Catholic Ireland has had one of the world’s worst records of clergy sex abuse, crimes that were revealed to its 4.8 million people over the past decade by a series of government-mandated inquiries. The reviews concluded that thousands of children were raped and molested by priests or physically abused in church-run schools while bishops worked to protect the predators and the Irish church’s reputation.
Bishop Dermot Farrell appointed new Archbishop of Dublin
Bishop Dermot Farrell of Ossory has been appointed Archbishop of Dublin. (Credit: Irish Catholic Bishops Conference.)
Bishop Dermot Farrell of Ossory has been appointed Pope Francis to be the new Archbishop of Dublin, replacing Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.
LEICESTER, United Kingdom Bishop Dermot Farrell of Ossory has been appointed by Pope Francis to be the new Archbishop of Dublin, replacing Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.
Farrell, 66, has headed the Ossory diocese since 2018.
“For the last three years I have been Bishop of Ossory where I have been very happy and fulfilled. As you will understand, I have a certain sadness in leaving Ossory, its priests and its people. However, I come in hope, and I am confident that I will also be happy in Dublin,” the bishop said on Tuesday.
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Former Maynooth seminary president to become Archbishop of Dublin who oversees parts of Kildare
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The new Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Dermot Farrell outside Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Sean McDermott Street, Dublin, );
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Pope Francis has appointed the Most Reverend Dr Dermot Farrell, until now Bishop of Ossory, as Archbishop of Dublin.
The Archdiocese oversees large parts of Co Kildare and has 19 parishes in the Maynooth Deanery and 12 parishes in the Blessington Deanery.
Dr Farrell studied at St Patrick s College in Maynooth in the 1970s and two decades later became Vice-President and later President of the College, a position he held until 2007.
Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin (Niall Carson/PA)
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Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, who worked to rebuild the Roman Catholic Church’s credibility in Ireland after it was shattered by decades of clerical sexual abuse and cover-up.
Archbishop Martin turned 75 earlier this year, the mandatory retirement age for bishops.
Francis named Bishop Dermot Farrell, 66, the head of the Ossory diocese in eastern Ireland, as Archbishop Martin’s replacement.