Dublin (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Dermot Pius Farrell, Archbishop
Paul Dempsey, Auxiliary Bishop
Donal Roche, Auxiliary Bishop
Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop Emeritus
Raymond W. Field, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Eamonn Oliver Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 1152
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
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 D09 H4C2, Ireland
Telephone: (01)837.37.32

Historical Details

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

Past and Present Ordinaries

Duan (Donat) † ( 1038 Appointed - 6 May 1073 Died)
Gilla Patrick † ( 1074 Appointed - 10 Oct 1084 Died)
Donagh O’Haingly, O.S.B. † ( 1085 Appointed - 23 Nov 1095 Died)
Samuel O’Haingly, O.S.B. † ( 1096 Appointed - 4 Jul 1121 Died)
Gregory † ( 1121 Appointed - 8 Oct 1161 Died)
St. Lawrence O’Toole † ( 1162 Appointed - 12 Nov 1180 Died)
John Comyn, O.S.B. † ( 1181 Appointed - 25 Oct 1212 Died)
Henry of London † ( 1212 Appointed - 1228 Died)
Luke Neterville † (13 Dec 1228 Appointed - 12 Dec 1255 Died)
Fulco Saundford † (8 Aug 1256 Appointed - 6 May 1271 Died)
John Darlington, O.P. † (8 Feb 1279 Appointed - 28 Mar 1284 Died)
John de Sandford, O.F.M. † (30 May 1285 Appointed - 2 Oct 1294 Died)
William Hotham, O.P. † (24 Apr 1296 Appointed - 30 Aug 1298 Died)
Richard Ferrings † (1 Jul 1299 Appointed - 1307 Died)
Richard Havering † (10 Jul 1307 Appointed - 1310 Resigned)
John Leeck (Lech) † ( 1311 Appointed - 10 Aug 1313 Died)
Alexandre Bicknor † (20 Aug 1317 Appointed - 14 Jul 1349 Died)
John de Saint Paul † (4 Sep 1349 Appointed - 9 Sep 1362 Died)
Thomas Minot † (17 Feb 1363 Appointed - 10 Jul 1375 Died)
Robert Wikeford † (12 Oct 1375 Appointed - 29 Aug 1390 Died)
Robert Waldby, O.E.S.A. † (14 Nov 1390 Appointed - 3 Nov 1395 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Chichester, England)
Richard Northalis, O. Carm. † (3 Nov 1395 Appointed - 20 Jul 1397 Died)
Thomas Cranley † (26 Sep 1397 Appointed - 25 May 1417 Died)
Richard Talbot † (20 Dec 1417 Appointed - 15 Aug 1449 Died)
Michael Tregury (Trigowre) † (31 Oct 1449 Appointed - 21 Dec 1471 Died)
John Walton, C.R.S.A. † (4 May 1472 Appointed - 14 Jun 1484 Resigned)
William Fitzsimon † (14 Jun 1484 Appointed - 14 May 1511 Died)
William Rockeby † (28 Jan 1512 Appointed - 21 Nov 1521 Died)
Hugh Inge, O.P. † (27 Feb 1523 Appointed - 3 Aug 1528 Died)
John Allen † (3 Sep 1529 Appointed - 28 Jul 1534 Died)
Hugh Curwen † (21 Jun 1555 Appointed - 1559 Resigned)
Matteo de Oviedo, O.F.M. Obs. † (5 May 1600 Appointed - 10 Jan 1610 Died)
Eugene Matthews † (2 May 1611 Appointed - 1 Sep 1623 Died)
Thomas Fleming, O.F.M. † (23 Oct 1623 Appointed - 2 Aug 1651 Died)
James Dempsey † (17 Apr 1657 Appointed - 24 Nov 1665 Resigned)
Richard Butler † (24 Nov 1665 Appointed - )
Peter Talbot † (8 Mar 1669 Appointed - 15 Nov 1680 Died)
Gerard Tellin (Teeling) † (30 Sep 1681 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
Patrick Russell † (2 Aug 1683 Appointed - 24 Jul 1692 Died)
Peter Creagh † (9 Mar 1693 Confirmed - 25 Jul 1705 Died)
Edmund Byrne † (31 Mar 1707 Appointed - 22 Jan 1724 Died)
Dominic Edward Murphy † (1 Sep 1724 Confirmed - 22 Dec 1728 Died)
Luke Fagan † (24 Sep 1729 Confirmed - 22 Nov 1733 Died)
John Linegar † (20 Mar 1734 Confirmed - 21 Jun 1757 Died)
Richard Lincoln † (21 Jun 1757 Succeeded - 18 Jun 1763 Died)
Patrick Fitzsimons † (20 Sep 1763 Confirmed - 2 Oct 1769 Died)
John Carpenter † (10 Apr 1770 Appointed - 29 Oct 1786 Died)
John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (19 Dec 1786 Appointed - 11 May 1823 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 † (29 Aug 1921 Appointed - 9 Feb 1940 Died)
John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. † (6 Nov 1940 Appointed - 29 Dec 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 - 29 Dec 2020 Retired)
Dermot Pius Farrell (29 Dec 2020 Appointed - )

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
7 January 1977	Territory Added	Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin (Greenhills, Brownstown, Logstown, Kilcullen Bridge, Carnalway, Swordlestown South, and Mullaghboy)	Archdiocese of Dublin
7 January 1977	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Dublin (Central and western part of Naas East and the eastern part of Tipper West)	Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin

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

2013 1,154,296 1,485,521 77.7% 392 800 1,192 968 9 1,119 2,345 199 ap2014

2016 1,158,000 1,440,000 80.4% 362 764 1,126 1,028 15 1,046 2,148 199 ap2017

2019 1,093,095 1,570,149 69.6% 354 686 1,040 1,051 27 931 1,918 199 ap2020

2021 1,121,200 1,642,520 68.3% 318 687 1,005 1,115 35 1,022 1,739 197 ap2022

2023 1,092,775 1,642,520 66.5% 296 671 967 1,130 33 898 1,679 197 ap2024

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
2013	1,154,296	1,485,521	77.7%	392	800	1,192	968	9	1,119	2,345	199	ap2014
2016	1,158,000	1,440,000	80.4%	362	764	1,126	1,028	15	1,046	2,148	199	ap2017
2019	1,093,095	1,570,149	69.6%	354	686	1,040	1,051	27	931	1,918	199	ap2020
2021	1,121,200	1,642,520	68.3%	318	687	1,005	1,115	35	1,022	1,739	197	ap2022
2023	1,092,775	1,642,520	66.5%	296	671	967	1,130	33	898	1,679	197	ap2024

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S.
Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1979 to 4 Apr 1984)
Paul Dempsey (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Apr 2024)
Kevin Peter Doran (Deacon: 6 May 1976; Priest: 6 Jul 1977 to 14 May 2014)
Joseph Duffy
Brian Farrell, L.C.
Dermot Pius Farrell (Archbishop: 29 Dec 2020 - )
Kevin Joseph Farrell
Raymond W. Field (Priest: 17 May 1970; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 May 1997 to 27 Jun 2019)
Fintan Gavin (Deacon: 11 Mar 1990; Priest: 7 Jun 1991 to 8 Apr 2019)
John Joseph Kennedy (Priest: 13 Jul 1993 to 29 Jul 2024)
Brendan Leahy (Priest: 5 Jun 1986 to 10 Jan 2013)
Diarmuid Martin (Priest: 25 May 1969 to 5 Dec 1998; Coadjutor Archbishop: 3 May 2003; Archbishop: 26 Apr 2004 to 29 Dec 2020)
Donal Roche (Priest: 22 Jun 1986; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Mar 2024)
Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M.
Paul Desmond Tighe (Priest: 10 Jul 1983 to 30 Nov 2007)
Eamonn Oliver Walsh (Priest: 13 Apr 1969; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Mar 1990 to 30 Sep 2019)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

John Allen † (Archbishop: 3 Sep 1529 to 28 Jul 1534)
Kevin William Barden, O.P. †
Alexandre Bicknor † (Archbishop: 20 Aug 1317 to 14 Jul 1349)
Michael Blake †
John Burke †
Thomas Burke (de Burgo), O.P. †
James Butler (2nd) †
Richard Butler † (Vicar Apostolic: 24 Nov 1665)
Edmund Byrne † (Archbishop: 31 Mar 1707 to 22 Jan 1724)
Edward Joseph Byrne † (Priest: 8 Jun 1895; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Aug 1920; Archbishop: 29 Aug 1921 to 9 Feb 1940)
Joseph Patrick Byrne †
John Carpenter † (Archbishop: 10 Apr 1770 to 29 Oct 1786)
Joseph A. Carroll † (Priest: 19 Jun 1938; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Oct 1968 to 15 Jun 1989)
Joseph Francis Cleary †
John Comyn, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 1181 to 25 Oct 1212)
Desmond Connell † (Priest: 19 May 1951; Archbishop: 21 Jan 1988 to 26 Apr 2004)
George Michael Conroy † (Priest: 6 Jun 1857 to 24 Feb 1871)
Thomas Cranley † (Archbishop: 26 Sep 1397 to 25 May 1417)
Peter Creagh † (Archbishop: 9 Mar 1693 to 25 Jul 1705)
Paul Cullen † (Archbishop: 3 May 1852 to 24 Oct 1878)
Hugh Curwen † (Archbishop: 21 Jun 1555 to 1559)
John Darlington, O.P. † (Archbishop: 8 Feb 1279 to 28 Mar 1284)
James Dempsey † (Vicar Apostolic: 17 Apr 1657 to 24 Nov 1665)
Nicolas Donnelly † (Priest: 1861; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Oct 1883 to 29 Mar 1920)
Martin Drennan † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 May 1997 to 23 May 2005)
James Duggan †
Edmund Dunn, M.H.M. †
Patrick Joseph Dunne † (Priest: 1 Nov 1913; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Aug 1946 to 11 Oct 1979)
Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp. †
Luke Fagan † (Archbishop: 24 Sep 1729 to 22 Nov 1733)
Richard Ferrings † (Archbishop: 1 Jul 1299 to 1307)
William Fitzsimon † (Archbishop: 14 Jun 1484 to 14 May 1511)
Patrick Fitzsimons † (Archbishop: 20 Sep 1763 to 2 Oct 1769)
Michael Flannery † (Priest: 5 Jan 1843 to 6 Jul 1858)
Thomas Fleming, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 23 Oct 1623 to 2 Aug 1651)
Laurence Forristal † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1979 to 30 Jun 1981)
Francis Xavier Gartland †
Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I. †
Patrick Bonaventure Geoghegan, O.F.M. Ref. †
Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A. †
Thomas Grimley †
Patrício José Hanrahan, C.SS.R. †
Richard Havering † (Archbishop: 10 Jul 1307 to 1310)
William Hotham, O.P. † (Archbishop: 24 Apr 1296 to 30 Aug 1298)
Thomas Raymond Hyland, O.P. †
Hugh Inge, O.P. † (Archbishop: 27 Feb 1523 to 3 Aug 1528)
James Kavanagh † (Priest: 18 Jun 1939; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Mar 1973 to 31 Dec 1990)
Francis Patrick Kenrick †
Peter Richard Kenrick †
John Leeck (Lech) † (Archbishop: 1311 to 10 Aug 1313)
John Leonard † (Priest: 5 Jan 1855 to 1 Oct 1872)
Richard Lincoln † (Priest: 1730; Coadjutor Archbishop: 21 Nov 1755; Archbishop: 21 Jun 1757 to 18 Jun 1763)
John Linegar † (Deacon: 28 Dec 1694; Priest: 31 Dec 1694; Archbishop: 20 Mar 1734 to 21 Jun 1757)
Henry of London † (Archbishop: 1212 to 1228)
James Lynch, C.M. †
Edward MacCabe † (Priest: 24 Jun 1839; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jun 1877; Archbishop: 4 Apr 1879 to 11 Feb 1885)
Stephen MacEgan, O.P. †
Eugene Matthews † (Archbishop: 2 May 1611 to 1 Sep 1623)
Patrick Joseph McGrath †
Kevin McNamara † (Archbishop: 15 Nov 1984 to 8 Apr 1987)
John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. † (Archbishop: 6 Nov 1940 to 29 Dec 1971)
Thomas Minot † (Archbishop: 17 Feb 1363 to 10 Jul 1375)
William Dermott Molloy McDermott †
John Francis Moore, S.M.A. †
Patrick Francis Moran † (Priest: 19 Mar 1853 to 22 Dec 1871)
James Moriarty † (Priest: 21 May 1961; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jun 1991 to 4 Jun 2002)
Daniel Murphy † (Priest: 8 Feb 1838 to 16 Dec 1845)
Dominic Edward Murphy † (Archbishop: 1 Sep 1724 to 22 Dec 1728)
Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. †
Daniel Murray † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 30 Jun 1809; Archbishop: 11 May 1823 to 26 Feb 1852)
Donal Brendan Murray † (Priest: 22 May 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Mar 1982 to 10 Feb 1996)
James Murray † (Priest: 28 Mar 1852 to 14 Nov 1865)
Luke Neterville † (Archbishop: 13 Dec 1228 to 12 Dec 1255)
John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †
Francis Joseph Nicholson, O.C.D. †
Richard Northalis, O. Carm. † (Archbishop: 3 Nov 1395 to 20 Jul 1397)
Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jun 1994 to 17 Sep 2009)
Eugene O’Connell † (Priest: 21 May 1842 to 28 Sep 1860)
Michael O’Connor †
Donagh O’Haingly, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 1085 to 23 Nov 1095)
Samuel O’Haingly, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 1096 to 4 Jul 1121)
Dermot Patrick O’Mahony † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Feb 1975 to 7 Jun 1996)
Edmund O’Reilly †
Diarmaid (Dermot) O’Súilleabháin (O’Sullivan) †
St. Lawrence O’Toole † (Archbishop: 1162 to 12 Nov 1180)
Matteo de Oviedo, O.F.M. Obs. † (Archbishop: 5 May 1600 to 10 Jan 1610)
Gilla Patrick † (Bishop: 1074 to 10 Oct 1084)
James Quinn † (Priest: 15 Aug 1846 to 12 Apr 1859)
Matthew Quinn † (Priest: 15 Feb 1845 to 23 Jun 1865)
Christopher Augustine Reynolds †
Laurence Richardson, O.P. †
Paschal Charles David Robinson, O.F.M. †
William Rockeby † (Archbishop: 28 Jan 1512 to 21 Nov 1521)
John Rooney † (Priest: 25 Jun 1867 to 29 Jan 1886)
Patrick Russell † (Deacon: 7 Jun 1654; Priest: 7 Jun 1654; Archbishop: 2 Aug 1683 to 24 Jul 1692)
Dermot J. Ryan † (Priest: 28 May 1950; Archbishop: 29 Dec 1971 to 1 Sep 1984)
John de Saint Paul † (Archbishop: 4 Sep 1349 to 9 Sep 1362)
John de Sandford, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 30 May 1285 to 2 Oct 1294)
Fulco Saundford † (Archbishop: 8 Aug 1256 to 6 May 1271)
Peter Talbot † (Archbishop: 8 Mar 1669 to 15 Nov 1680)
Richard Talbot † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1417 to 15 Aug 1449)
Edmund Tanner †
Gerard Tellin (Teeling) † (Vicar Apostolic: 30 Sep 1681 - Did Not Take Effect)
Michael Tregury (Trigowre) † (Archbishop: 31 Oct 1449 to 21 Dec 1471)
John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (Archbishop: 19 Dec 1786 to 11 May 1823)
Robert Waldby, O.E.S.A. † (Archbishop: 14 Nov 1390 to 3 Nov 1395)
Francis Joseph Wall † (Priest: 1 Nov 1889; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jan 1931 to 16 May 1947)
William Joseph Walsh † (Priest: 22 May 1866; Archbishop: 3 Jul 1885 to 9 Apr 1921)
John Walton, C.R.S.A. † (Archbishop: 4 May 1472 to 14 Jun 1484)
Edward Wesley †
John Francis (William Joseph) Whelan, O.C.D. †
Robert Wikeford † (Archbishop: 12 Oct 1375 to 29 Aug 1390)
Desmond A. Williams † (Priest: 4 Jun 1955; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Mar 1985 to 18 Dec 1993)
Bartholomew Woodlock † (Priest: 18 Dec 1841 to 4 Apr 1879)
Duan (Donat) † (Bishop: 1038 to 6 May 1073)
Gregory † (Bishop: 1121; Archbishop: 1152 to 8 Oct 1161)

Source(s)

Diocese of Dublin
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 218, to Page 219
Archdiocese of Dublin
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 228, and Page 229
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 146
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 188
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 177
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 188, and Page 189
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 201, and Page 202
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 69, Page 160, and Page 161

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