Pope Francis appoints Bishop Dermot Farrell as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland.
By the Vatican News staff 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 been Bishop of Ossory since early 2018.
Brief biography
Dermot Farrell was born in 1954 in Garthy, Castletown-Geoghegan, Westweath Co, in the Diocese of Meath.
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 Pontifical University. , Maynooth.
He was ordained a priest in Castletown-Geoghegan for the Diocese of Meath on June 7, 1980.
He served as curator in the parish of Christ the King Cathedral, Mullingar, before being sent to Rome in 1985 to pursue doctoral studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University. In 1988 he received his doctorate in theology.
Returning to Ireland, Farrell was appointed commissioner in Tullamore Parish in 1989-1990. He also taught moral theology at Saint Patrick’s College in 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 Secretary of Finance of the Irish Episcopal Conference in March 2019.
The episcopal motto of Bishop Farrell “Our help is in the name of the Lord.”It is taken from Psalm 124.