Archdiocese of Dublin

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Bishop(s) Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop Raymond W. Field, Auxiliary Bishop Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop Eamonn Oliver Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop Desmond Connell, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus Dermot Patrick O'Mahony, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Ferns Kildare and Leighlin Ossory

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 1152 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Ireland Square Kilometers: 3,184 (1,229 Square Miles) Description: City of Dublin, most of County Dublin, Wicklow, parts of Carlow, Kildare, Laois and Wexford Official Web Site: http://www.dublindiocese.ie/ Mailing Address: Archbishop's House, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland Telephone: (01)837.37.32 Fax: 836.97.96

Historical Details

• Diocese of Dublin
  • Latin Name: Dublinensis
  • Erected: 633
  • Country: Ireland

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Mateo de Oviedo, O.F.M. † (5 May 1600 Appointed - 10 Jan 1610 Died)
• Peter Creagh † (2 Sep 1692 Appointed - 20 Jul 1705 Died)
• Edmund Byrne † (31 Mar 1707 Appointed - 22 Jan 1724 Died)
• Edward Murphy † (Sep 1724 Appointed - 22 Dec 1728 Died)
• Luke Fagan † ( 1729 Appointed - 1733 Died)
• John Linegar † ( 1734 Appointed - 1757 Died)
• Patrick Fitzsimon † ( 1763 Appointed - 1769 Died)
• John Carpenter † ( 1770 Appointed - 29 Oct 1786 Died)
• Daniel Murray † (11 May 1823 Succeeded - 26 Feb 1852 Died)
• Paul Cullen † (3 May 1852 Appointed - 24 Oct 1878 Died)
• Edward MacCabe † (4 Apr 1879 Appointed - 11 Feb 1885 Died)
• William Joseph Walsh † (3 Jul 1885 Appointed - 9 Apr 1921 Died)
• Edward Joseph Byrne † (28 Aug 1921 Appointed - 9 Feb 1940 Died)
• John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. † (6 Nov 1940 Appointed - 1971 Retired)
• Dermot J. Ryan † (29 Dec 1971 Appointed - 1 Sep 1984 Resigned)
• Kevin McNamara † (15 Nov 1984 Appointed - 8 Apr 1987 Died)
• Desmond Connell (21 Jan 1988 Appointed - 26 Apr 2004 Retired)
• Diarmuid Martin (26 Apr 2004 Succeeded - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Dublin
633	Erected		Diocese of Dublin (erected)
Archdiocese of Dublin
1152	Elevated	Diocese of Dublin	Archdiocese of Dublin

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Dublin
1950	639,542	709,729	90.1%	445	569	1,014	630		1,778	3,031	90	ap1951
1970	797,999	870,544	91.7%	604	866	1,470	542		1,952	3,857	123	ap1971
1980	980,000	1,075,000	91.2%	593	1,101	1,694	578		1,881	2,997	181	ap1981
1990	1,105,000	1,210,000	91.3%	603	1,659	2,262	488		2,276	3,301	195	ap1991
1999	1,033,808	1,164,256	88.8%	550	908	1,458	709		1,396	2,956	200	ap2000
2000	1,033,808	1,164,256	88.8%	541	886	1,427	724		1,322	2,919	200	ap2001
2001	1,033,808	1,164,256	88.8%	523	893	1,416	730		1,231	2,876	200	ap2002
2002	1,033,808	1,164,256	88.8%	492	913	1,405	735		1,258	2,895	200	ap2003
2003	1,033,808	1,164,256	88.8%	497	862	1,359	760		1,222	2,508	200	ap2004
2004	1,087,285	1,291,581	84.2%	499	844	1,343	809		1,243	2,676	200	ap2005
2006	1,087,361	1,291,599	84.2%	539	893	1,432	759	1	1,229	2,662	200	ap2007

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1979 to 4 Apr 1984)
• Desmond Connell (Priest: 19 May 1951; Archbishop: 21 Jan 1988 to 26 Apr 2004)
• Martin Drennan (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 May 1997 to 23 May 2005)
• Raymond W. Field (Priest: 17 May 1970; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 May 1997)
• Laurence Forristal (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1979 to 30 Jun 1981)
• Diarmuid Martin (Priest: 25 May 1969 to 5 Dec 1998; Coadjutor Archbishop: 3 May 2003; Archbishop: 26 Apr 2004)
• James Moriarty (Priest: 21 May 1961; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jun 1991 to 4 Jun 2002)
• Donal Brendan Murray (Priest: 22 May 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Mar 1982 to 10 Feb 1996)
• Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, O.F.M. (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jun 1994)
• Dermot Patrick O'Mahony (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Feb 1975 to 7 Jun 1996)
• Eamonn Oliver Walsh (Priest: 13 Apr 1969; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Mar 1990)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Edmund Byrne † (Archbishop: 31 Mar 1707 to 22 Jan 1724)
• Edward Joseph Byrne † (Priest: 1895; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Aug 1920; Archbishop: 28 Aug 1921 to 9 Feb 1940)
• John Carpenter † (Archbishop: 1770 to 29 Oct 1786)
• Joseph A. Carroll † (Priest: 19 Jun 1938; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Oct 1968 to 15 Jun 1989)
• Peter Creagh † (Archbishop: 2 Sep 1692 to 20 Jul 1705)
• Paul Cullen † (Archbishop: 3 May 1852 to 24 Oct 1878)
• Nicolas Donnelly † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Oct 1883 to 29 Mar 1920)
• Patrick Joseph Dunne † (Priest: 1 Nov 1913; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Aug 1946 to 16 Mar 1988)
• Luke Fagan † (Archbishop: 1729 to 1733)
• Patrick Fitzsimon † (Archbishop: 1763 to 1769)
• Michael Flannery † (Priest: 5 Jan 1843 to 6 Jul 1858)
• James Kavanagh † (Priest: 18 Jun 1939; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Mar 1973 to 31 Dec 1990)
• John Leonard † (Priest: 5 Jan 1855 to 1 Oct 1872)
• Richard Lincoln † (Archbishop: 1757 to 1763)
• John Linegar † (Archbishop: 1734 to 1757)
• Edward MacCabe † (Priest: 1839; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jun 1877; Archbishop: 4 Apr 1879 to 11 Feb 1885)
• Kevin McNamara † (Archbishop: 15 Nov 1984 to 8 Apr 1987)
• John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. † (Archbishop: 6 Nov 1940 to 1971)
• Francis Patrick Moran † (Priest: 19 Mar 1853 to 22 Dec 1871)
• Daniel Murphy † (Priest: 9 Jun 1838 to 16 Dec 1845)
• Edward Murphy † (Archbishop: Sep 1724 to 22 Dec 1728)
• Daniel Murray † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 30 Jun 1809; Archbishop: 11 May 1823 to 26 Feb 1852)
• James Murray † (Priest: 28 Mar 1852 to 1865)
• Mateo de Oviedo, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 5 May 1600 to 10 Jan 1610)
• James Quinn † (Priest: 15 Aug 1846 to 14 Apr 1859)
• John Rooney † (Priest: 25 Jun 1867 to 29 Jan 1886)
• Dermot J. Ryan † (Priest: 28 May 1950; Archbishop: 29 Dec 1971 to 1 Sep 1984)
• John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (Archbishop: 1786 to 11 May 1823)
• Francis Joseph Wall † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jan 1931 to 16 May 1947)
• William Joseph Walsh † (Priest: 22 May 1866; Archbishop: 3 Jul 1885 to 9 Apr 1921)
• Desmond A. Williams † (Priest: 4 Jun 1955; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Mar 1985 to 18 Dec 1993)