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Welcome Archbishop Farrell
The Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education (MDCCE) warmly welcomes the appointment of Archbishop Dermot Farrell as the new Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. We also offer our very best wishes to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, who established the Centre in conjunction with DCU, on his retirement. Archbishop Farrell’s installation as leader of the Catholic Church in Dublin is planned for 2
nd February 2021.
Archbishop Farrell is from Castletown-Geoghegan in County Westmeath. He was ordained in 1980 as a priest for the Diocese of Meath. He took further studies in Theology in Rome and joined the staff at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, in 1990, eventually becoming President there from 1996-2007. From September 2007 he served as Parish Priest of Dunboyne and Kilbride Parish in the Diocese of Meath until his appointment in 2018 as Bishop of Ossory.
Former Tullamore priest appointed as new Archbishop of Dublin
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A former Tullamore based priest has been appointed as the new Archbishop of Dublin.
Pope Francis, has appointed the Most Reverend Dr Dermot Farrell, until now Bishop of Ossory, as Archbishop of Dublin. A Westmeath native, he was appointed Curate in Tullamore Parish in the late 1980s after returning from studying in Rome.
Born in 1954, he began his studies for the priesthood at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth in 1972, obtaining a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1976, as part of his philosophical studies.
During his theological studies he was awarded a Bachelor in Divinity Degree in 1979 and a licence is Theology in 1981, both by the Pontifical University, Maynooth.