Ciaran O'Carroll

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Monsignor Ciaran O'Carroll is an Irish Catholic priest who serves as Episcopal Vicar for Priests of the Archdiocese of Dublin and was formerly Rector of the Pontifical Irish College in Rome.

From Mount Merrion in Dublin, Fr. O'Carroll studied for the priesthood in Clonliffe College and also at University College Dublin before further studies in Rome, graduating from the Angelicum University, Rome, and the Gregorian University, Rome. [1] O'Carroll holds a Doctorate in Church History. He has lectured in Clonliffe College and also at Maynooth College.

As a priest in the Dublin Diocese, O’Carroll served as parish priest of Saggart, Rathcoole, and Brittas. [2] He worked in Clonliffe for the Archbishop of Dublin as the Episcopal Vicar for Evangelisation, and also served as the Administrator of the Catholic University Church on St Stephen's Green, Dublin.

O'Carroll was appointed Rector of the Irish College in 2011 and Episcopal Vicar for Priests of the Archdiocese of Dublin in 2020. [3]

O'Carroll is a first-cousin of the late broadcaster Marian Finucane and presided over her funeral mass in January 2020 [4]

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References

  1. Mons Ciaran OCarroll Archived 2014-09-13 at the Wayback Machine International Eucharistic Congress 2012.
  2. Former Parish Priest Fr Ciarán O’Carroll appointed as new Rector of the Irish College in Rome Parishes of Saggart, Rathcoole, Brittas and Newcastle Lyons, Thursday, 8 September 2011.
  3. Father Ciarán O’Carroll appointed as new Rector of the Irish College in Rome Irish Catholic Bishops Press Release, 8 September 2011.
  4. Marian Finucane’s charity work was “simply outstanding” CatholicIreland.net 08 January, 2020