Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland
Archdiocese
Dublin
Installed
21 January 1988 (appointed)
Term ended
26 April 2004 (retired)
Predecessor
Kevin McNamara
Successor
Diarmuid Martin
Orders
Ordination
19 May 1951 (Priest)
Consecration
6 March 1988 (Archbishop)
Created cardinal
21 February 2001
Rank
Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestri in Capite
Personal details
Born
(1926-03-24)24 March 1926
Phibsboro, Dublin, Ireland
Died
21 February 2017(2017-02-21) (aged 90) Dublin, Ireland
Nationality
Irish
Alma mater
Clonliffe College University College Dublin Maynooth College University of Leuven
Coat of arms
Desmond ConnellKGCHS (24 March 1926 – 21 February 2017) was an Irish cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. He was an Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. Cardinal Connell was one of a number of senior clergy to have been heavily criticised for inaction, making misleading statements and covering up clerical sex abuse in Dublin.[1] He died on 21 February 2017, aged 90.
^McDonald, Henry; correspondent, Ireland (26 November 2009). "Irish church and police covered up child sex abuse, says report". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 March 2024. The report states that senior clerical figures covered up the abuse over nearly 30 years and that the structures and rules of the church facilitated that cover-up.
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Google Books. "Statement by An Taoiseach on the death of Cardinal DesmondConnell". Department of the Taoiseach. 9 February 2017. Archived from the original...
to Cardinal DesmondConnell on 3 May 2003 and was installed on 30 August. On 26 April 2004, following the acceptance of Cardinal Connell's resignation...
approved of her action in a following opinion poll. While Cardinal DesmondConnell called her action a "sham" and a "deception", Taoiseach Bertie Ahern...
Dublin, except when DesmondConnell was appointed in 2001 ahead of Seán Brady. This was somewhat unexpected, and attributed to Connell's experience in the...
played significant roles at UCD, including Cardinals Tomás Ó Fiaich and DesmondConnell, as well as the founding rector Cardinal Newman. Clerical students...
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Collins reportedly approached Archbishop DesmondConnell in 1995 about the abuse she endured in 1960. Connell told her in 1996 that the archdiocese would...
July 1996, the cause of his beatification was introduced by Cardinal DesmondConnell. Can We Be Saints? Reprinted 1998 Duff, Frank (1956). "Walking with...
controversial — DesmondConnell, "Archbishop's deep sadness at 'amazing' court decision". Irish Independent. 29 November 1997. p. 13. Archbishop Connell claimed...
politician. Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair – 12th-century high-king of Ireland DesmondConnell – Roman Catholic Cardinal of Ireland James Craig – Viscount Craigavon...
sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin, Cardinal DesmondConnell describes it thus: Well, the general teaching about mental reservation...
"Cardinal Secrets". It revealed how the then Archbishop of Dublin DesmondConnell (since made cardinal) had (a) covered up the defrocking of two priests...
disagreements at the time with the Catholic hierarchy (notably with Cardinal DesmondConnell), the latter wishing instead to negotiate a consensus solution.[clarification...
Harry Boland, republican revolutionary and member of the First Dáil DesmondConnell, Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin Michael Gambon, actor Philip Greene...
Archbishop of Westminster 1976–1999 Succeeded by Cormac Murphy-O'Connor Cardinal Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite 1976–1999 Succeeded by DesmondConnell...
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approved of her action in a following opinion poll. While Cardinal DesmondConnell called her action a "sham" and a "deception", Taoiseach Bertie Ahern...
group picketed the home of then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Archbishop DesmondConnell has kept his distance from the group, criticising its "American-style...
March – Thomas Dunne, Fine Gael TD and MEP (died 1990). 24 March – DesmondConnell, Cardinal and Archbishop of Dublin (died 2017). 30 March – Ray McAnally...