Paul Dempsey (bishop)
Paul Dempsey | |
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Bishop of Achonry | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
Diocese | Achonry |
In office | 30 August 2020 – present |
Predecessor | Brendan Kelly |
Orders | |
Ordination | 6 July 1997 by Laurence Ryan |
Consecration | 30 August 2020 by Michael Neary |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 April 1971 Carlow, County Carlow, Republic of Ireland | (age 50)
Previous post(s) | Parish priest of Newbridge, County Kildare and vicar forane for the Kildare & Leighlin North Deanery |
Alma mater | Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy St. Patrick's, Carlow College All Hallows College |
Styles of Paul Dempsey | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | My Lord |
Religious style | Bishop |
Paul Dempsey (born 20 April 1971) is an Irish prelate, the current bishop of Achonry.[1]
Dempsey was born in Carlow Town in 1971, to Tony and Berry Dempsey, he was the youngest in a family of four with one other boy and two girls. He was brought up in Athy, Co. Kildare.
He studied for the priesthood in Milltown Institute, St. Patrick's, Carlow College, and All Hallows College, Dublin, and was ordained in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow, by Bishop Laurence Ryan in 1997. Fr. Dempsey undertook further study in the Milltown Institute in Dublin, completing a Masters in Theology in 2008.[2]
In his priestly ministry he engaged regularly with the media, writing in a local newspaper the Leinster Leader, and presenting a radio programme on Kildare FM.[3]
He served as a curate in Clane, and in the parish cluster of Naas, Sallins and Two-Mile-House, before being appointed Parish Priest of Newbridge.
He was appointed Bishop of Achonry in January 2020.[4] His episcopal ordination was scheduled for April 2020 but delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, finally taking place on 30 August 2020.[5]
References[]
- ^ Pope names Newbridge priest as Bishop of Achonry Echo Live, www.echolive.ie 27 January 2020.
- ^ Fr Paul Dempsey to be new Bishop of Achonry Irish Catholic, 27 January 2020.
- ^ Newbridge Parish Priest Appointed Bishop Of Diocese Of Achonry by Ciara Plunkett, KFM, www.kfmradio.com, 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Kildare priest appointed new Catholic bishop in west of Ireland".
- ^ "Bishop-Elect Paul Dempsey | Diocese of Achonry". Archived from the original on 19 March 2020.
- People from County Carlow
- Living people
- 1971 births
- Alumni of Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy
- Alumni of All Hallows College, Dublin
- Alumni of Carlow College
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
- Roman Catholic bishops of Achonry