Cahal Daly
Cahal Brendan Cardinal Daly ( Irish on Cairdinéal Cathal Ó Breandán Dálaigh, born October 1, 1917 in Loughguile, County Antrim, Ireland, † December 31, 2009 in Belfast ) was Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland.
Life
Cahal Daly, the third of seven children from a family of teachers, studied philosophy at St. Malachy 's College, Belfast, and Classical Literature at the Queen's University of Belfast. After a degree in Catholic theology at the Seminary of St. Patrick 's College in Maynooth he received on 22 June 1941, the sacrament of Holy Orders. He received his doctorate in Maynooth with a thesis on Tertullian as a doctor of theology.
From 1946 to 1967 he taught first at St. Malachy 's College, later he became a professor at Queen 's University. 1952 to 1953 he was a visiting professor at the Institut Catholique de Paris and established a friendship with Henri de Lubac. Daly was a leading Catholic theologian in Ireland. During this time he published his work Morals, Law and Life (1962 ) and Intellect and Hope (1968). During the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 he worked as a consultant to the Irish bishops.
On May 26, 1967 Pope Paul VI appointed him. Bishop of Ardagh. He received his episcopal consecration of the Archbishop of Armagh, Cardinal William Conway; Co-consecrators were the Apostolic Nuncio in Ireland and later cardinal, Giuseppe Maria Sensi, and the Bishop of Derry, Neil Farren. On August 24, 1982 him Pope John Paul II entrusted the leadership of the diocese of Down and Connor. November 6, 1990 Cahal Brendan Daly was appointed Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland.
On June 28, 1991, Pope John Paul II was a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Patrizio on the College of Cardinals.
During the entire duration of his priestly and episcopal ministry, He became involved in various initiatives for the peaceful coexistence of Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. Cardinal Cahal Daly wrote many theological and socio-political books.
The management of the Archdiocese of Armagh he resigned for reasons of age on 1 October 1996.