Archdiocese of Dublin
Dublinen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Dublin, Ireland
The Archdiocese of Dublin is a metropolitan Latin Rite archdiocese covering Dublin city and surrounding counties, the largest Catholic jurisdiction in Ireland. Raised to an archdiocese at the Synod of Kells in 1152, it is led by Archbishop Dermot Farrell, installed in February 2021, with St Mary's Pro-Cathedral as its cathedral church.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1028
- Latin
- Dublinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Laurence O'Toole and Saint Kevin of Glendalough
- Annuario code
- 001001325
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,093,095
- Population
- 1,570,149
- Catholic share
- 69.6%
- Priests
- 967
- Catholics per priest
- 1,130
- Extent
- 3,183 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 343
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Dermot Farrell
- Born
- 22 November 1954
- Birthplace
- Castletown-Geoghegan
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin stands in Dublin, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Dublin
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of FernsFerns
- Diocese of Kildare and LeighlinCarlow
- Diocese of OssoryOssory
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].