Paul Cullen (cardinal)
Cardinal Paul Cullen ( Irish on Cairdinéal Pól Ó Cuilinn, born April 29, 1803 County Kildare, † October 24, 1878 in Dublin) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Dublin in Ireland. He was the first cardinal from Ireland and formed lasting Irish Catholicism.
Life
From students to Rector
His first school days experienced Cullen in the village school of Bally gates, about 1816 to go to college. Even as a 17 -year-old he was in 1820 in the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ( Congregation de Propaganda Fide ) appointed, where he later Pope Leo XIII. met as educated and know eager priest. During his educational pathway Paul Cullen acquired a profound knowledge of classical and oriental languages , which gave him a high reputation. He received his PhD and it was in 1832 appointed director of the Irish College in Rome.
Rector time
His short time (1832-1850) to the Rector chair he used for a standard edition of the Greek and Latin lexicon by Hedericus which still has its full validity. But in this high school, he also won great confidence in the Popes Gregory XVI. and Pius IX. One of his merits, that the Irish College won a high scientific reputation. In addition, he took over the short term, the government of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, which, however, was temporarily closed due to the political upheaval in Italy, as they should be recognized by the Italian Government.
Archbishop of Armagh, Dublin and Cardinal
Pope Pius IX. appointed the former Rector of the Irish College in Rome on December 19, 1849 Archbishop of Armagh. Cullen worked simultaneously for almost a further year in the Congregation de Propaganda Fide. On 1 May 1852 he took over the Archbishop office in Dublin, Pope Pius IX. commissioned him in 1854 as apostolic delegate for the newly established Catholic University of Ireland. In the consistory he was on 22 June 1866 by Pope Pius IX. increased to Cardinal Priest of San Pietro in Montorio, thus he became the first Irish cardinal. During his tenure, he led two Irish Synods (1850 and 1875 ) and led the Irish Church together into one unit.
Working in Rome
During his frequent visits to Rome he lived basically in the Irish College, his expert opinions and analyzes had exerted great influence on the definition of the Immaculate Conception of Mary desDogmas. His expertise was called by Pope Pius IX. highly valued and sometimes he used his theological expositions.
The Church in Ireland and his successor
The state of the Catholic Church in Ireland had clearly changed and improved in the time of his episcopate. Those 28 years marked an uninterrupted period of progress in all matters which were connected with religion, discipline, education, and charity. Cardinal Paul Cullen inaugurated in 1877 the priest Edward McCabe Titular Bishop of Gadara, since that time McCabe was his assistant and became his successor.
Others
Cardinal Cullen was related through his stepsister with the late Cardinal Francis Patrick Moran, he also consecrated a bishop in 1872.