A native of Mallow, Dean Dunne was born in 1959 and educated in philosophy and theology at
St Patrick's College Maynooth
St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth (), is a pontifical Catholic university in the town of Maynooth near Dublin, Ireland. The college and national seminary on its grounds are often referred to as Maynooth College.
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, was ordained a deacon in 1983 and a priest in 1984, serving his early priestly ministry in the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne
The Diocese of Cloyne () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel (also known as Munster).
History
The diocese has its beginnings in the monastic settlem ...
, Fr. Dunne taught Religion in CBS Charleville. Later he was appointed chaplain to the Whittington Hospital in London and worked in two parishes there including St. George's Cathedral, Southwark and while in London, the Dean pursued graduate and post-graduate studies in psychotherapy and qualified as a psychotherapist in 1995. While studying psychotherapy at the Chiron Centre he met his wife Celia, and he left the ministry, and they married in a Church of England ceremony in 1996. After studying at the
Church of Ireland Theological Institute
The Church of Ireland Theological Institute (formerly the Church of Ireland Theological College) is responsible for ministerial formation and lay training within the Church of Ireland. It is located in Churchtown in Dublin.New ‘Spirituality Institute for Research and Education’ launched Jesuits Ireland, www.jesuits.ie, September 2, 2015. at
All Hallows College
All Hallows College was a college of higher education in Dublin. It was founded in 1842 and was run by the Vincentians from 1892 until 2016. On 23 May 2014, it was announced that it was closing because of declining student enrollment. The sale ...
and was awarded his master's degree from
Dublin City University
Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) () is a Third-level education in the Republic of Ireland, university based on the Northside, Dublin, Northside of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Highe ...