Brendan Leahy

Brendan Leahy ( born March 28, 1960 in Dublin) is Bishop of Limerick.

Life

Brendan Leahy, son of a teacher couple, studied in Dublin and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. On June 5, 1986 he was ordained priest. After further studies and pastoral activity in Clonskeagh and Lusk in Dublin, he was appointed professor of systematic theology at the St. Patrick 's College, Maynooth. With his dissertation on The Marian Profile in the Ecclesiology of Hans Urs von Balthasar (The Marian principle in the Church accor ding to Hans Urs von Balthasar ), he received his doctorate in Rome for the Doctor Theologiae 1993.

From 1999 to 2010 Leahy was secretary of the Ecumenical Commission of the Irish Bishops' Conference. Since 2005 he is a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy of Theology. Leahy is a longstanding member of the Focolare Movement.

Pope Benedict XVI. appointed him on January 10, 2013 as Bishop of Limerick. The Archbishop of Cashel - Emly, Dermot Clifford, donated to him on 14 April of the same year the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were Charles John Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, and Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin.

Publications

  • The Marian principle in the Church accor ding to Hans Urs von Balthasar ( Diss ), European University Studies, Series 23, Theology, Vol 558, Frankfurt am Main, inter alia, 1996, ISBN 3-631-49865-9
Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick Doctor of Theology Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly Holy orders Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh Michael Neary (bishop) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam Francis Duffy (bishop) Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Liam MacDaid Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher Roman Catholic Diocese of Derry Noel Treanor Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor John McAreavey Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore Michael Smith (bishop) Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath Philip Boyce Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe William Crean Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne John Buckley (bishop) Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe William Lee (bishop of Waterford and Lismore) Denis Brennan Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns Denis Nulty Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory Brendan Kelly (bishop) Roman Catholic Diocese of Achonry John Kirby (bishop) Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert Christopher Jones (bishop) Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin Martin Drennan Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora Roman Catholic Diocese of Killala
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