The Archbishop of Dublin () is an

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title which takes its name from

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

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. Since the

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, there have been parallel

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s to the title: one in the

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and the other in the

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. The archbishop of each denomination also holds the title of

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History

The diocese of Dublin was formally established by Sigtrygg (Sitric) Silkbeard,

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in 1028,A Brief History
. ''Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough''. Retrieved on 31 March 2010. and the first bishop,

Dúnán Dúnán (died 6 May 1074) was the first bishop of Dublin, appointed under Dublin's Hiberno-Norse kings. He is known also as Donatus or Donat. The diocese was put on a regular basis, in 1028, at the request of Sigtrygg Silkbeard. In his obit ...

, was consecrated in about the same year. The diocese of Dublin was subject to the

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until 1152. At the

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, held in March 1152, Dublin was raised to an

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with the archbishop of Dublin having the jurisdiction over the bishops of

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Glendalough Glendalough (; ) is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin. From 1825 to 1957, the head of the Glendalough Valley was the site of a galena lead min ...

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, Leighlin and Ossory. In 1214, the dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough were united, which was confirmed by

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on 25 February 1216 and by

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on 6 October 1216. After the

, there are

s of Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic archbishops. ;In the Church of Ireland From 1846 to 1977, the Church of Ireland diocese of Dublin and Glendalough was united with the see of

. The current

archbishop is

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, Archbishop of the

Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

. ;In the Catholic Church Sometime after the Reformation, Glendalough was dropped from the Catholic archdiocese title. The current

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archbishop is

Dermot Farrell Dermot Pius Farrell KC*HS (born 22 November 1954) is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Dublin since 2021. Early life and education Farrell was born in Garthy, Castletown Geoghegan, County Westmeath, on 22 Novem ...

, Archbishop of the

Archdiocese of Dublin The Archbishop of Dublin () is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name from Dublin, Ireland. Since the Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic successions to the title: one in the Catholic Church and the other in the Church of Ire ...

, who was appointed to the title on 29 December 2020 and installed at

St Mary's Pro-Cathedral St Mary's Church (), known also as St Mary's Pro-Cathedral or simply the Pro-Cathedral, the Chapel in Marlborough Street or the Pro, is a pro-cathedral and is the episcopal seat of the Archbishop of Dublin (Catholic Church), Catholic Archbisho ...

, Dublin on 2 February 2021.

Pre-Reformation bishops and archbishops

Archbishops during the Reformation

Post-Reformation archbishops

Church of Ireland succession

Roman Catholic succession

Notes

References

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External links

A brief history
''Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough (Church of Ireland)''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Archbishop of Dublin

Archbishops