Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.12.29 – ...):	Archbishop Dermot Pius Farrell (71) Vice-President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.03.05 – ...):	Bishop Donal Roche (67) Titular Bishop of Cell Ausaille
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.04.10 – ...):	Bishop Paul Dempsey (54) Titular Bishop of Sita

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Dublin (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Dermot Pius Farrell (71)
(2020.12.29 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland)
Vice-President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini

Born:	1954.11.22 (Castletown-Geoghegan, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1980.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.03.11

Priest of Meath (Ireland) (1980.06.07 – 2018.01.03)

Bishop of Ossory (Ireland) (2018.01.03 – 2020.12.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (2020.12.29 – ...)

Vice-President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2022.03.09 – ...)

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin (80)
(2004.04.26 – 2020.12.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dublin (Ireland)

Born:	1945.04.08 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1969.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.01.06

Priest of Dublin (Ireland) (1969.05.25 – 1998.12.05)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1985.09.04 – 1992.03.24)

Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (1986 – 1994)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1992.03.24 – 1998.12.05)

Secretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (1994 – 2001.01.17)

Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha (1998.12.05 – 2001.01.17)

Titular Archbishop of Glenndálocha (2001.01.17 – 2003.05.03)

Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG) (2001.01.17 – 2003.05.03)

Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) (2001.01.17 – 2003.05.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (2003.05.03 – 2004.04.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (2004.04.26 – 2020.12.29)

Vice-President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2004.06.16 – 2022.03.09)

Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (2006.03 – 2009.03)

Cardinal Desmond Connell
(1988.01.21 – 2004.04.26)

Secundum verbum tuum

Born:	1926.03.24 (Phibsboro, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1951.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.03.06
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Died:	2017.02.21 (Dubln, Ireland † 90)

Priest of Dublin (Ireland) (1951.05.19 – 1988.01.21)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1984.08.20 – 1988.01.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1988.01.21 – 2004.04.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (2001.02.21 [2001.04.22] – 2017.02.21)

Archbishop Kevin McNamara
(1984.11.15 – 1987.04.08)

Deus prior dilexit nos

Born:	1926.06.10 (Newmarket-in-Fergus, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1949.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.11.07
Died:	1987.04.08 († 60)

Bishop of Kerry (Ireland) (1976.08.22 – 1984.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1984.11.15 – 1987.04.08)

Archbishop Dermot J. Ryan
(1971.12.29 – 1984.09.01)

Born:	1924.06.26 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1950.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.02.13
Died:	1985.02.21 († 60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1971.12.29 – 1984.09.01)

Pro-Prefect of Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (1984.04.08 – 1985.02.21)

Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp.
(1940.11.06 – 1971)

Testimonium perhibere veritati

Born:	1895.07.18 (Cootehill, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1924.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.12.27
Died:	1973.04.07 († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1940.11.06 – 1971)

Archbishop Edward Joseph Byrne
(1921.08.28 – 1940.02.09)

In te Domine speravi

Born:	1872.05.10 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1895.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.10.28
Died:	1940.02.09 († 67)

Titular Bishop of Pegæ (1920.08.19 – 1921.08.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1920.08.19 – 1921.08.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1921.08.28 – 1940.02.09)

Archbishop William Joseph Walsh
(1885.07.03 – 1921.04.09)

Fide et labore

Born:	1841.01.30 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1866.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1885.08.02
Died:	1921.04.09 († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1885.07.03 – 1921.04.09)

Cardinal Edward MacCabe
(1879.04.04 – 1885.02.11)

Aut vincere aut mori

Born:	1816.02.14 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1839.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1877.07.25
Created Cardinal:	1882.03.27
Died:	1885.02.11 (Dublin, Ireland † 68)

Titular Bishop of Gadaræ (1877.06.26 – 1879.04.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1877.06.26 – 1879.04.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1879.04.04 – 1885.02.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1882.03.30 – 1885.02.11)

Cardinal Paul Cullen
(1852.05.03 – 1878.10.24)

Ponit animam pro amicis

Born:	1803.04.27 (Ballitore, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1829.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1850.02.24
Created Cardinal:	1866.06.22
Died:	1878.10.24 (Dublin, Ireland † 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1850.01.08 – 1852.05.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1852.05.03 – 1852.10.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1852.05.03 – 1878.10.24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (1866.06.25 – 1878.10.24)

Archbishop Daniel Murray
(1823.05.11 – 1852.02.26)

Born:	1768.04.18 (Sheepwalk, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1792
Consecrated Bishop:	1809.11.30
Died:	1852.02.26 († 83)

Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis (1809.06.30 – 1823.05.11)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1809.06.30 – 1823.05.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1823.05.11 – 1852.02.26)

Archbishop John Thomas Troy, O.P.
(1786.12.19 – 1823.05.11)

Born:	1739.05.10 (Porterstown, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1757.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1777.06.08
Died:	1823.05.11 (Usher’s Island, Ireland † 84)

Bishop of Ossory (Ireland) (1776.12.16 – 1786.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1786.12.19 – 1823.05.11)

Archbishop John Carpenter
(1770.04.10 – 1786.10.29)

Born:	1728? (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1752.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1770.06.03
Died:	1786.10.29 († 57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1770.04.10 – 1786.10.29)

Archbishop Patrick Fitzsimon
(1763.09.20 – 1769.11.24)

Born:	1695?
Ordained Priest:	1718.12.26
Died:	1769.11.24 († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1763.09.20 – 1769.11.24)

Archbishop Richard Lincoln
(1757.06.21 – 1763)

Born:	1706? (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1730
Consecrated Bishop:	1756.01.11
Died:	1763.06.18 (Smithfield, Ireland † 56)

Titular Bishop of Arathia (1755.11.21 – 1757.06.21)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1755.11.21 – 1757.06.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1757.06.21 – 1763)

Archbishop John Linegar
(1734.03.20 – 1757.06.21)

Born:	1671 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1694.12.31
Died:	1757.06.21 († 85)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1734.03.20 – 1757.06.21)

Archbishop Luke Fagan
(1729.09.24 – 1733.11.22)

Born:	1656? (Lick Bla, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1682?
Consecrated Bishop:	1714.02.18
Died:	1733.11.22 († 76)

Bishop of Meath (Ireland) (1713.09.15 – 1729.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1729.09.24 – 1733.11.22)

Archbishop Edward Murphy
(1724.09.01 – 1728.12.22)

Born:	1651 (Balrothery, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1677
Consecrated Bishop:	1715.12.29
Died:	1728.12.22 († 76)

Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland) (1715.09.11 – 1724.09.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1724.09.01 – 1728.12.22)

Archbishop Edmund Byrne
(1707.03.31 – 1724.01.22)

Born:	1656? (Ballybrack, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1679.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1707.09.11
Died:	1724.01.22 († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1707.03.31 – 1724.01.22)

Archbishop Peter Creagh
(1693.03.09 – 1705.07.20)

Born:	1642.06.29 (Carrageen, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1666.02.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1676.05.26
Died:	1705.07.20 (Strasbourg, France † 63)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1676.05.13 – 1693.03.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) ([1692.09.02] 1693.03.09 – 1705.07.20)

Archbishop Patrick Russell
(1683.08.02 – 1692)

Born:	1629
Ordained Priest:	1654.06.07
Died:	1692.07.24 († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1683.08.02 – 1692)

Archbishop Peter Talbot
(1669.03.08 – 1680.11.15)

Born:	1618.06.29 (Malahide, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1648.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1669.05.12
Died:	1680.11.15 († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1669.03.08 – 1680.11.15)

Archbishop Thomas Flerning, O.F.M.
(1623.10.23 – 1651.08.02)

Born:	1591?
Consecrated Bishop:	1623.12.31
Died:	1651.08.02 († 59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1623.10.23 – 1651.08.02)

Archbishop Eugene Matthews
(1611.05.02 – 1623.09.01)

Born:	1574? (Clogher, Ireland)
Died:	1623.09.01 († 48)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1609.08.31 – 1611.05.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1611.05.02 – 1623.09.01)

Archbishop Mateo de Oviedo, O.F.M.
(1600.05.05 – 1610.01.10)

Born:	1547 (Segovia, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1600.07.16
Died:	1610.01.10 (Valladolid, Spain † 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1600.05.05 – 1610.01.10)

Archbishop Hugh Curwen
(1555.06.21 – 1559)

Born:	1507? (Bampton, England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1555.09.08
Died:	1568.11.01 (Swinbrook, England † 60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1555.06.21 – 1559)

Archbishop John Alen
(1529.09.03 – 1534.07.28)

Born:	1476?
Consecrated Bishop:	1530.03.13
Died:	1534.07.28 († 57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1529.09.03 – 1534.07.28)

Archbishop Hugh Inge, O.P.
(1523.02.27 – 1528.08.03)

Died:

1528.08.03

Bishop of Meath (Ireland) (1512.01.28 – 1523.02.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1523.02.27 – 1528.08.03)

Archbishop William Rokeby
(1512.01.28 – 1521.11.21)

Died:

1521.11.21

Bishop of Meath (Ireland) (1507.05.28 – 1512.01.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1512.01.28 – 1521.11.21)

Archbishop Walter Fitzsimon
(1484 – 1511)

Consecrated Bishop:	1484.09.26
Died:	1511.05.14 (Finghall, Ireland)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1484 – 1511)

Archbishop John Walton
(1472 – 1484)

Consecrated Bishop:

1472.08.27?

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1472 – 1484)

Archbishop Michael Tregury
(1449 – 1471.12.21)

Consecrated Bishop:	1449.11?
Died:	1471.12.21

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1449 – 1471.12.21)

Archbishop Richard Talbot
(1417 – 1449)

Died:

1449.08.15

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1417 – 1449)

Archbishop Thomas Cranley
(1397 – 1417)

Born:	1337?
Died:	1417.05.25 († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1397 – 1417)

Archbishop Richard Northalis, O. Carm.
(1395.10.25 – 1397)

Consecrated Bishop:	1387.12.04
Died:	1397.07.20

Bishop of Ossory (Ireland) (1386 – 1395.10.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1395.10.25 – 1397)

Archbishop Robert Waldby, O.E.S.A.
(1391.11.14 – 1395)

Born:	(England)
Consecrated Bishop:	1387?
Died:	1398.01.06

Bishop of Aire (France) (1387 – 1390)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1391.11.14 – 1395)

Archbishop-Bishop of Chichester (England) (1395 – 1396)

Metropolitan Archbishop of York (England) (1397.10.05 – 1398.01.06)

Archbishop Robert Wikeford
(1375 – 1390)

Died:

1390.08.29

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1375 – 1390)

Archbishop Thomas Minot
(1363 – 1375)

Consecrated Bishop:	1363.04.16
Died:	1375.07.10

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1363 – 1375)

Archbishop John de St Paul
(1349 – 1362)

Consecrated Bishop:	1350.02.14
Died:	1362.09.09

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1349 – 1362)

Archbishop Alexander de Bicknor
(1317 – 1349.07.14)

Consecrated Bishop:	1317.08.25
Died:	1349.07.14

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1317 – 1349.07.14)

Archbishop John de Leche
(1311.05.22 – 1313)

Consecrated Bishop:	1311.05.18
Died:	1313.08.10

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1311.05.22 – 1313)

Fr. Richard de Haverings
(1307.03 – 1310.11 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1307.03 – 1310.11 not possessed)

Archbishop Richard de Ferings
(1299 – 1306)

Died:

1307?

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1299 – 1306)

Archbishop William of Hotham, O.P.
(1296 – 1298)

Consecrated Bishop:	1297
Died:	1298.08.30

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1296 – 1298)

Fr. Thomas de Chadworth
(1295 – 1295 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1295 – 1295 not possessed)

Archbishop John de Sandford, O.P.
(1286 – 1294)

Consecrated Bishop:	1286.04.07
Died:	1294.10.02

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1286 – 1294)

Archbishop John de Derlington
(1279 – 1284)

Consecrated Bishop:	1279.08.27
Died:	1284.03.28

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1279 – 1284)

Archbishop Fulk de Sandford
(1256 – 1271)

Died:

1271.05.06

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1256 – 1271)

Archbishop Luke Neterville
(1230 – 1255)

Died:

1255.12.12

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1230 – 1255)

Archbishop Henry de Loundres
(1213 – 1228)

Died:

1228

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1213 – 1228)

Archbishop John Comyn
(1181 – 1212)

Born:	1150?
Consecrated Bishop:	1182.03.21
Died:	1212.10.25 († 61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1181 – 1212)

Saint Archbishop Laurence O’Toole
(1162 – 1180.11.14)

Born:	1128 (Ireland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1162.01?
Died:	1180.11.14 († 51)
Canonised:	1225.12.11 (equipollently)
Feast:	11.14

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1162 – 1180.11.14)

Archbishop.

Archbishop Gregory
(1152 – 1161.10.08)

Consecrated Bishop:	1121.10.02
Died:	1161.10.08

Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1121 – 1152)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1152 – 1161.10.08)

Bishops of Dublin (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gregory (later Archbishop)
(1121 – 1152)

(see above)

Bishop Samuel Ua hAingliu
(1096 – 1121)

Consecrated Bishop:	1096.04.20
Died:	1121.07.04

Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1096 – 1121)

Bishop Donatus Ua hAingliu
(1085 – 1095)

Consecrated Bishop:	1085
Died:	1095.11.23

Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1085 – 1095)

Bishop Gilla Pátraic
(1074 – 1084)

Consecrated Bishop:	1074
Died:	1084.10.10

Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1074 – 1084)

Bishop Dúnán
(1030? – 1074)

Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1030? – 1074)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Diarmuid Martin (80) (2003.05.03 – 2004.04.26)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Daniel Murray (1809.06.30 – 1823.05.11)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Richard Lincoln (1755.11.21 – 1757.06.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Raymond W. Field (81) (1997.05.28 – 2019.06.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Martin Drennan (1997.05.28 – 2005.05.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, O.F.M. (1994.06.07 – 2009.09.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Moriarty (1991.06.26 – 2002.06.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eamonn Oliver Walsh (81) (1990.03.07 – 2019.09.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Desmond A. Williams (1985.03.14 – 1993.12.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Donal Brendan Murray (1982.03.04 – 1996.02.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. (1979.12.03 – 1984.04.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Laurence Forristal (1979.12.03 – 1981.06.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Dermot Patrick O’Mahony (1975.02.13 – 1996.06.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Kavanagh (1973.03.06 – 1990.12.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph A. Carroll (1968.10.04 – 1989.06.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Patrick Dunne (1946.08.08 – 1988.03.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis Wall (1931.01.23 – 1947.05.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Joseph Byrne (later Archbishop) (1920.08.19 – 1921.08.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nicolas Donnelly (1883.10.03 – 1920.03.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward MacCabe (later Cardinal) (1877.06.26 – 1879.04.04)