Donal Murray (bishop)

Donal Brendan Murray (born 29 May 1940 Dublin) is a Roman Catholic, Irish retired bishop of Limerick.

Life

After leaving school at Blackrock College Murray studied philosophy at University College Dublin and Roman Catholic theology at St Patrick 's College in Maynooth, where he B.Div the. reached. His doctorate in theology, he earned at the Pontifical University Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. On May 22, 1966 Murray was ordained a priest. Murray taught at the Mater Dei Institute of Education, a college of Dublin City University. Murray was professor of moral theology at Clonliffe College, Dublin. On March 4, 1982 Murray was appointed Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha and auxiliary bishop in Dublin and was the youngest at that time a Catholic bishop in Ireland at age 41. The episcopal ordination was held by Dermot Ryan on 18 April 1982. On February 10, 1996 Murray was appointed by Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop of Limerick and took on 24 March 1996 his diocese in possession.

In November 2009, Murray was forced due to increasing public pressure to resign as bishop, as the Murphy report on child abuse cases in the Catholic clergy in Ireland was published. On 14 December 2009, Pope Benedict XVI. Murray's resignation an.Erst three days later it was officially released, so as to ensure that Murray could be present in the diocese of Limerick again at this time.