Pope Francis names Bishop Dermot Farrell as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland.
By the Vatican News writer
Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Metropolitan of Dublin, Ireland.
At the same time, the Pope appointed Bishop Dermot Pius Farrell as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin.
He has served as Bishop of Ossory since early 2018.
Short biography
Dermot Farrell was born in 1954 in Garthy, Castletown-Geoghegan, Westweath Co, Meath Diocese.
He began his priesthood studies in September 1972 at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, and earned a bachelor of science degree in philosophy in 1976. He earned a bachelor’s degree in divinity in 1979 and a bachelor’s degree in theology in 1981, both from the University. Pontiff. , Maynooth.
He was ordained a priest in Castletown-Geoghegan for the Diocese of Meath on June 7, 1980.
He served as a priest in the Parish of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar, before being sent to Rome in 1985 to pursue doctoral studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He received a doctorate in theology in 1988.
Returning to Ireland, Farrell was ordained a priest in Tullamore Parish in 1989-1990. He also gave lectures on moral theology at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, and was appointed vice president (1993-1996) and president (1996-2007) of the college.
On June 6, 1997, he was named Honorary Prelate of His Holiness.
Bishop Farrell was appointed Bishop of Ossory on January 3, 2018 and was ordained bishop on March 11, 2018.
He was elected finance secretary of the Irish Episcopal Conference in March 2019.
Bishop Farrell’s Episcopal Motto “Our help is in the name of the Lord,“It is taken from Psalm 124.