Dermot Dunne

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Dermot Patrick Martin Dunne is the current and, by some counts, 35th Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. [1]

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Early life and education

A native of Mallow, Dean Dunne was born in 1959 and educated in philosophy and theology at St Patrick's College Maynooth, was ordained a deacon in 1983 and a priest in 1984, [2] serving his early priestly ministry in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, Fr. Dunne taught Religion in CBS Charleville. [3] Later he was appointed chaplain to the Whittington Hospital in London and worked in two parishes there including St. George's Cathedral, Southwark and while in London, the Dean pursued graduate and post-graduate studies in psychotherapy and qualified as a psychotherapist in 1995. While studying psychotherapy at the Chiron Centre he met his wife Celia, and he left the ministry, and they married in a Church of England ceremony in 1996. After studying at the Church of Ireland Theological Institute he was licensed by the Church of Ireland priest in 1998.

Church of Ireland ministry

In 1999 he became the Dean's Vicar of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. Having served his title there until 2001, Dean Dunne was appointed incumbent of the Crosspatrick and Carnew Group of parishes in county Wicklow. During his incumbency he was appointed Precentor of Ferns and subsequently Archdeacon of Ferns before his appointment as Dean of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin in 2008. [4] Dean Dunne earned a BA from DCU in 2004 and completed an MA in Applied Spirituality [5] at All Hallows College and was awarded his master's degree from Dublin City University. He is married to Celia Dunne (née' Burl.)

Notes

  1. "Cathedral website". christchurchdublin.ie. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. He was ordained a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church in 1983 and a Priest in 1984.
  3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002343/20010905/095/0018.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Anglican Dean quit Catholic Church 'over celibacy rules' by John Cooney, Irish Independent, February 26, 2008.
  5. New ‘Spirituality Institute for Research and Education’ launched, Jesuits Ireland, www.jesuits.ie, September 2, 2015.
Religious titles
Preceded by Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
2008–present
Succeeded by
Current incumbent


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