Archbishop of Dublin
Msgr. Dermot Pius Farrell was born in Castletown-Geoghegan, in the county of Westmeath, on 22 November 1954. He carried out his studies in theology at Saint Patrick College in Maynooth, obtaining a licentiate in Sacred Theology. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Meath on 7 June 1980. After ordination he served as deputy priest of the Cathedral Church (1981-1985). He was then sent to Rome, where he obtained a doctorate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. Upon returning to Ireland, he began to teach moral theology at Saint Patrick College in Maynooth, first becoming vice-president (1993-1996) and then president (1996-2007). On 6 June 2007 he was appointed as prelate of His Holiness. From 2007 to the present, he has served as parish priest of Dunboyne, and since 2009, as vicar general of the diocese of Meath.