Cahal Cardinal Daly

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The Most Rev Dr Cahal Cardinal Daly

Church positions
See	Armagh (emeritus)
Title	Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh
Period in office	6 November 1990 — 1 October 1996
Raised to cardinalate	28 June 1991
Predecessor	Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich
Successor	Archbishop Seán Brady
Previous post	Bishop of Down and Connor
Personal
Date of birth	1 October, 1917
Place of birth	Loughguile

Cahal Brendan Cardinal Daly (born October 1, 1917) is an Irish prelate, who was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1990 until his retirement in 1996. He has been a Cardinal since 1991.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Archbishop of Armagh 3 Church sex abuse scandal 4 References

[edit] Biography

Cahal Brendan Daly was born in Loughguile, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He was educated at St Patrick's National School in Loughguile, and at St. Malachy's College, Belfast, and Queen's University of Belfast. He was ordained a priest in June 1941. He studied philosophy and theology in St Patrick's College, Maynooth where he received a Doctorate in Divinity in 1944.

His first appointment was as Classics Master in St Malachy's College, Belfast (1945-1946). In 1946 he was appointed Lecturer in Scholastic Philosophy at Queen's University, Belfast.

In 1953 he received a Licentiate in Philosophy at the Institut Catholique de Paris, France.

He was a Peritus at the Second Vatican Council to William Philbin, Bishop of Down and Connor and to William Cardinal Conway Archbishop of Armagh.

He became a Reader in Scholastic Philosophy at Queen's in 1963, a post he held until 1967, when he was appointed Bishop of The Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise.

In 1982 he was appointed Bishop of Down & Connor in succession to Bishop William Philbin. He had been expected to end his career in this larger diocese before being the surprise choice, at the age of 73, when the Archdiocese of Armagh fell vacant on the death of a younger man.

[edit] Archbishop of Armagh

On 6 November 1990, he was appointed Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland in Succession to Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich. He took a notably harder line against the Irish Republican Army than his predecessor, Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich. He was later created a Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio on 28 June 1991 . Cardinal Daly retired as Archbishop of Armagh on October 1, 1996, his 79th birthday.

Though the ordinary retirement age for Catholic bishops is 75, Cardinal Daly remained in office until his 79th birthday. He has since suffered considerable illhealth. Although it had been announced that he would attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II, he stayed home on the advice of his doctors. As he had turned 80 in 1997, he was ineligible to participate in the 2005 conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI.

Cardinal Daly has the motto, "Jesus Christ, yesterday and today" taken from the Epistle to the Hebrews (13.8). The Cardinal's armorial bearings show the arms of the Archdiocese of Armagh on the left side of the shield, and the personal arms of His Eminence on the right side. The right side of the shield shows a personalised variation of the arms of the Ó Dálaigh family.

Daly opposed integrated education of Roman Catholics and Protestants. This policy was criticized by many (especially ecumenists) who believe segregated education to be one of the causes of sectarianism in Northern Ireland, but was seen by the Roman Catholic Church in Northern Ireland as important to ensure the passing on of the faith to future generations.

[edit] Church sex abuse scandal

During his period as archbishop, Daly came in for considerable criticism within and outside the Church for his handling of the sexual scandals, most notably the case of paedophile priest Fr. Brendan Smyth. Daly justified his failure to report Smyth's sexual behaviour by arguing that each bishop only has authority over the secular priests (diocesan priests) in his own diocese and has no authority over religious priests (priests in religious orders). Smyth was a member of the Norbertine order religious order.

Daly was also criticised by Catholic priests live on the Late Late Show for what some of them suggested was his failure to provide leadership to the Church in the aftermath of the Smyth affair, the convictions of priests for child sexual abuse, and the resignation of former County Kerry Bishop Eamon Casey amid the revelation that he had fathered a son by an American divorceé.

Cardinal Daly's primacy also coincided with the tenure of Dr Miceál Ledwith as President of the national seminary, St Patrick's College Maynooth. Ledwith resigned abruptly in 1994 following allegations of an inappropriate sexual relationship with a minor. The Ferns Inquiry, established by the Irish Government in 2003 dealt with over 100 allegations of clerical sexual abuse in the Diocese of Ferns involving 21 priests over a forty year period that included the era that Daly was Primate. See also: Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal

Preceded by Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich

Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland 1990 – 1996

Succeeded by Seán Brady

[edit] References

• Archdiocese of Armagh
• The Ferns Report

Persondata
NAME	Daly, Cahal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brendan Daly, Cahal; Daly, Cahal Brandan Cardinal; Daly, Cahal Cardinal
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH	1 October 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Loughguile, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH