Incoming Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell faces daunting job Current Bishop of Ossory will oversee archdiocese in which half of priests are over 70
Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 11:00 Updated: Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 11:57
The announcement that Bishop of Ossory Dermot Farrell (66) is to be the new Archbishop of Dublin will come as no great surprise to many priests in the archdiocese, as his name has always been among the front runners since Archbishop Diarmuid Martin made clear his intention to retire on reaching 75 last April.
That he has not done so before now is due to the pandemic.
Odds, so to speak, on Bishop Farell being ‘the man most likely to’ shortened greatly when he was the only bishop to accompany Ireland’s four Catholic Archbishops at their meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin on October 28th last.