Brendan Leahy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Brendan Leahy

Irish bishop

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1960

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Profession: Catholic priest, theologian, university teacher

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Brendan Leahy

  • Brendan Leahy (28 March 1960– ) is an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church.
  • He has been the Bishop of Limerick since his appointment on 10 January 2013 by Pope Benedict XVI.Born and raised in Dublin in Crumlin and Rathfarnham, his father was a school teacher; Leahy himself went to school at Coláiste Éanna.
  • He was further educated at University College Dublin where he studied law from 1977-1980, Mater Dei Institute of Education 1980-1981, and Clonliffe College 1980-1983, King's Inns.
  • He studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1983-1986.
  • He began studying for professional qualifications to be a barrister in 1981, graduating in 1983 and was ordained to the priesthood on 5 June 1986 for the Diocese of Dublin.
  • From 1983-1991 he studied for an STD degree in theology from the Gregorian entitled The Marian Principle in the Church According to Hans Urs Von Balthasar.An author of a number of publications and books, and a von Balthasar scholar.
  • For eight months, he was curate at Clonskeagh, then was appointed Professor at Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin in 1992 serving until 2006.
  • He was concurrently professor at the diocesan seminary of Holy Cross College, Clonliffe from 1992-1999.
  • In the years 1999-2004 he served as curate in the parish of Lusk. From 2006 until 2013 he served as a professor of systematic theology at the Pontifical University and National Seminary in St.
  • Patrick's College in Maynooth.
  • Leahy served as chairman of the Diocesan Commission for Ecumenism of the Archdiocese of Dublin and Secretary of the Ecumenical Commission of the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference. He was ordained a bishop on 14 April 2013 by Archbishop Dermot Clifford.

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