Welcome Archbishop Farrell The Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education (MDCCE) warmly welcomes the appointment of Archbishop Dermot Farrell as the new Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. We also offer our very best wishes to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, who established the Centre in conjunction with DCU, on his retirement. Archbishop Farrell’s installation as leader of the Catholic Church in Dublin is planned for 2 nd February 2021. Archbishop Farrell is from Castletown-Geoghegan in County Westmeath. He was ordained in 1980 as a priest for the Diocese of Meath. He took further studies in Theology in Rome and joined the staff at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, in 1990, eventually becoming President there from 1996-2007. From September 2007 he served as Parish Priest of Dunboyne and Kilbride Parish in the Diocese of Meath until his appointment in 2018 as Bishop of Ossory.