Church / Ireland
By Lydia O’Kane, Vatican news
The new Archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Farrell, was installed on Tuesday morning at St Mary’s Pro Cathedral in Ireland’s capital city.
The Principal Celebrant was Archbishop Farrell, who was joined by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland.
The former Bishop of Ossory, in Ireland’s east, takes up the reins of the Archdiocese amid a global pandemic during which Ireland has seen a surge in cases—and tragically, in the number of victims.
He also steps into this role as the Church in Ireland faces a number of challenges, including a decrease in vocations, elderly priests, a decline in Mass attendance and an increasingly secular country.
In a wide ranging interview with Vatican Radio ahead of his installation, Archbishop Farrell addressed many of these issues and outlined his key priorities as head of the Archdiocese.
He began by speaking of his surprise at being nominated as Archbishop of Dublin.
“Nobody was more surprised than I was to be asked by Pope Francis to relocate to Dublin. It was a bit surreal at the time, but when I was asked I said it’s something that Pope Francis wants and it’s part of...
By Lydia O’Kane, Vatican news
The new Archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Farrell, was installed on Tuesday morning at St Mary’s Pro Cathedral in Ireland’s capital city.
The Principal Celebrant was Archbishop Farrell, who was joined by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland.
The former Bishop of Ossory, in Ireland’s east, takes up the reins of the Archdiocese amid a global pandemic during which Ireland has seen a surge in cases—and tragically, in the number of victims.
He also steps into this role as the Church in Ireland faces a number of challenges, including a decrease in vocations, elderly priests, a decline in Mass attendance and an increasingly secular country.
In a wide ranging interview with Vatican Radio ahead of his installation, Archbishop Farrell addressed many of these issues and outlined his key priorities as head of the Archdiocese.
He began by speaking of his surprise at being nominated as Archbishop of Dublin.
“Nobody was more surprised than I was to be asked by Pope Francis to relocate to Dublin. It was a bit surreal at the time, but when I was asked I said it’s something that Pope Francis wants and it’s part of a discernment process,” he said.
