The Archbishop of Dublin is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after Dublin, Ireland. Since the Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic successions to the title: one in the Church of Ireland and the other in the Roman Catholic Church. The archbishop of each denomination also holds the title of Primate of Ireland.
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The diocese of Dublin was formally established by Sigtrygg (Sitric) Silkbeard, King of Dublin in 1028,[1] and the first bishop, Dúnán, was consecrated in about the same year.[2][3] The diocese of Dublin was subject to the Province of Canterbury until 1152. At the Synod of Kells, held in March 1152, Dublin was raised to an ecclesiastical province with the archbishop of Dublin having the jurisdiction over the bishops of Ferns, Glendalough, Kildare, Leighlin and Ossory. In 1214, the dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough were united, which was confirmed by Pope Innocent III on 25 February 1216 and by Pope Honorius III on 6 October 1216. After the Reformation, there are apostolic successions of Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic archbishops.
From 1846 to 1977, Church of Ireland diocese of Dublin and Glendalough was united with the see of Kildare. The current Church of Ireland archbishop is the Most Reverend John Neill, Archbishop of the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, who was elected on 29 August 2002 and enthroned at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin on 12 October 2002.
Sometime after the Reformation, Glendalough was dropped from the Roman Catholic archdiocese title. The current Roman Catholic archbishop is the Most Reverend Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin, who succeeded to the title on 3 May 2003 and installed at St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin on 30 August 2003.
| Bishops of Dublin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1028 | 1074 | Dúnán | Consecrated in circa 1028; died 6 May 1074; also known as Donat, Donagh or Donatus |
| 1074 | 1084 | Gilla Pátraic OSB | Consecrated in 1074; died 10 October 1084; also known as Patricius |
| 1085 | 1095 | Donngus Ua hAingliu OSB | Consecrated after August 1085; died 22 November 1095; also recorded as Donngus Ua hAingliu and Donat O'Haingly |
| 1096 | 1121 | Samuel Ua hAingliu | Possibly a Benedictine monk; consecrated 27 April 1096; died before September 1121 |
| 1121 | 1152 | Gréne | Consecrated bishop 2 October 1121; elevated to archbishop at the Synod of Kells in March 1152 |
| Pre-Reformation Archbishops of Dublin | |||
| 1152 | 1162 | Gréne | Elevated from bishop to archbishop in March 1152; died 8 October 1161; also known as Gregorius |
| 1162 | 1180 | St Laurence O'Toole (Irish: Lorcán Ua Tuathail) |
Formerly Abbot of Glendalough 1154–1162; consecrated archbishop in 1162; died 14 November 1180 |
| 1181 | 1212 | John Comyn | Elected 6 September 1181 and consecrated 21 March 1181; died circa November 1212; also known as John Cumin |
| 1213 | 1228 | Henry de Loundres | Elected before March 1213 and consecrated August 1213; became archbishop of the diocese of Dublin and Glendalough when the two dioceses were united in 1214, and confirmed in 1216; died before November 1228; also known as Henry of London |
| 1230 | 1255 | Luke | Elected before 13 December 1228; appointed before 11 October 1229; consecrated after May 1230; died 12 December 1255 |
| 1256 | 1271 | Fulk Basset | Appointed 26 July 1256 and consecrated before 25 March 1257; died 4 May 1271; also known as Fulk de Sandford |
| 1279 | 1284 | John de Derlington OP | Appointed 28 January and consecrated 27 August 1279; died 29 March 1284 |
| 1286 | 1294 | John de Sandford | Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin 1275-1284; elected archbishop before 20 July 1284 and confirmed 30 May 1285; consecrated 7 April 1286; died 2 October 1294; also recorded as John de Stanford |
| 1295/99 | (Thomas de Chadworth) | Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin; elected archbishop before 28 April 1295 and again 14 February 1299, however, was not consecrated. It is possible he may have served as archbishop | |
| 1296 | 1298 | William Houghton OP | Appointed 24 April 1296 and consecrated circa November 1297; died 27 August 1298 |
| 1299 | 1306 | Richard de Ferings | Appointed circa June and consecrated before 1 July 1299; died 17 October 1306 |
| 1307 | 1310 | (Richard de Haverings) | Precentor of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin; elected archbishop in March 1307 and appointed 10 July 1307; received possession of the see's temporalities 13 September 1307; he was never consecrated and after enjoying the dignity and profits resigned 21 November 1310 |
| 1311 | 1313 | John de Leche | Appointed 16 May and consecrated before 18 May 1311; died 10 August 1313 |
| 1317 | 1349 | Alexander de Bicknor | Appointed 20 August and consecrated 25 August 1317; also was Lord Chancellor of Ireland c.1325-1343; died 14 July 1349 |
| 1349 | 1362 | John de St Paul | Appointed 4 September 1349 and consecrated 14 February 1350; died 9 September 1362 |
| 1363 | 1375 | Thomas Minot | Appointed 20 March and consecrated 16 April 1363; died 10 July 1375 |
| 1375 | 1390 | Robert Wikeford | Appointed 12 October 1375; also was Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1377-79; died 29 August 1390 |
| 1390 | 1395 | Robert Waldby OESA | Translated from Aire, France 14 November 1390; translated to Chichester 25 October 1395, later to York 5 October 1396 |
| 1395 | 1397 | Richard Northalis OCarm | Translated from Ossory 25 October 1395; also was Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1393-1397; died 20 July 1397 |
| 1397 | 1417 | Thomas Cranley | Appointed before 26 September 1397 and consecrated after that date; also was Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1401-10 & 1413-14; died 25 May 1417 |
| 1417 | 1449 | Richard Talbot | Previously Archbishop-elect of Armagh. Elected Archbishop of Dublin before May and appointed 20 December 1417; consecrated before August 1418; also was Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1423-41; died 15 August 1449 |
| 1449 | 1471 | Michael Tregury | Appointed before 24 October 1449; died 21 December 1471 |
| 1472 | 1484 | John Walton OSA | Appointed 4 May and consecrated before 27 August 1472; resigned 14 June1484 |
| 1484 | 1511 | Walter Fitzsimon | Appointed 14 June and consecrated 26 September 1484; also was Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1496-98; died 14 May 1511 |
| 1512 | 1521 | William Rokeby | Translated from Meath 28 January 1512; also was Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1551-1521; died 29 November 1521 |
| 1523 | 1528 | Hugh Inge OP | Translated from Meath 27 February 1523; also was Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1527-1528; died 3 August 1528 |
| 1528 | 1534 | John Alen | Appointed 3 September and consecrated 13 March 1530; also was Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1528-1532; died 28 July 1534 |
| Source(s): [2][3] | |||
| Church of Ireland Archbishops of Dublin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1536 | 1554 | George Browne | Nominated 11 January and consecrated 19 March 1536; deprived by Queen Mary I in 1554 for having married; died 1556 |
| 1555 | 1567 | Hugh Curwen [A] | Appointed 21 June and consecrated 8 September 1555; adhered to Roman Catholicism under Queen Mary I but then conformed to Anglicanism under Queen Elizabeth I; resigned the see of Dublin and translated to Oxford 1 September 1567 |
| 1567 | 1605 | Adam Loftus | Translated from Armagh; nominated 5 June and appointed by letters patent 9 August 1567; died 5 April 1605 |
| 1605 | 1619 | Thomas Jones | Translated from Meath; nominated 8 October and appointed by letters patent 8 November 1605; died 10 April 1619 |
| 1619 | 1650 | Lancelot Bulkeley | Nominated 30 April and consecrated 3 October 1619; died 8 September 1650 |
| 1650 | 1661 | See vacant | |
| 1661 | 1663 | James Margetson | Nominated 3 August and consecrated 27 January 1661; translated to Armagh 20 August 1663 |
| 1663 | 1679 | Michael Boyle | Translated from Cork, Cloyne and Ross; nominated 24 August and appointed by letters patent 27 November 1663; translated to Armagh 27 February 1679 |
| 1679 | 1681 | John Parker | Translated from Tuam; nominated 22 January and appointed by letters patent 28 February 1679; died 28 December 1681 |
| 1682 | 1693 | Francis Marsh | Translated from Kilmore and Ardagh; nominated 10 January and appointed by letters patent 14 February 1682; died 16 November 1693 |
| 1694 | 1703 | Narcissus Marsh | Translated from Cashel; nominated 9 April and appointed by letters patent 24 May 1694; translated to Armagh 18 February 1703 |
| 1703 | 1729 | William King | Translated from Derry; nominated 16 February and appointed by letters patent 11 March 1703; died 8 May 1729 |
| 1730 | 1742 | John Hoadly | Translated from Ferns and Leighlin; nominated 26 December 1729 and appointed by letters patent 13 January 1730; translated to Armagh 21 October 1742 |
| 1743 | 1765 | Charles Cobbe | Translated from Kildare; appointed by letters patent 4 March 1743; died 14 April 1765 |
| 1765 | The Hon William Carmichael | Translated from Meath; nominated 29 May and appointed by letters patent 12 June 1765; died 15 December 1765 | |
| 1766 | 1771 | Arthur Smyth | Translated from Meath; nominated 28 February and appointed by letters patent 14 April 1766; died 17 December 1771 |
| 1772 | 1778 | John Cradock | Translated from Kilmore; nominated 27 January and appointed by letters patent 5 March 1772; died 10 December 1778 |
| 1779 | 1801 | Robert Fowler | Translated from Killaloe and Kilfenora; nominated 21 December 1778 and appointed by letters patent 8 January 1779; died 10 October 1801 |
| 1801 | 1809 | Charles Agar The Viscount Somerton (until 1806) The Earl of Normanton (from 1806) |
Translated from Cashel; nominated 7 November and appointed by letters patent 7 December 1801; died 14 July 1809 |
| 1809 | 1819 | Euseby Cleaver | Translated from Ferns and Leighlin; nominated 29 July and appointed by letters patent 25 August 1809; prior to his death he was found to be of unsound mind, and the functions of the see were discharged by the Archbishop of Cashel; died in December 1819 |
| 1820 | 1822 | Lord John Beresford | Translated from Clogher; nominated 21 March and appointed appointed by letters patent 21 March 1820; translated to Armagh 17 June 1822 |
| 1822 | 1831 | William Magee | Translated from Raphoe; nominated 17 June and appointed by letters patent 24 June 1822; died 18 August 1831 |
| 1831 | 1863 | Richard Whately | Formerly Principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford; nominated 20 October and appointed by letters patent 23 October 1831; became archbishop of the united diocese of Dublin, Kildare and Glendalough in 1846; died 8 October 1863 |
| 1864 | 1884 | Richard Chenevix Trench (before 1873: Richard Trench) |
Nominated 18 December 1863 and consecrated 1 January 1864; resigned 28 November 1884; died 28 March 1886 |
| 1885 | 1897 | The Lord Plunket | Translated from Meath; elected 18 December and confirmed 23 December 1884; also was the 4th Baron Plunket; died 1 April 1897 |
| 1897 | 1915 | Joseph Peacocke | Translated from Meath; elected 19 May 1897; resigned 3 September 1915; died 26 May 1916 |
| 1915 | 1919 | John Bernard | Translated from Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin; elected 7 October 1915; resigned 30 June 1919; died 29 August 1927 |
| 1919 | 1920 | Charles D'Arcy | Translated from Down, Connor and Dromore; elected 6 August 1919; translated to Armagh 17 June 1920 |
| 1920 | 1939 | John Gregg | Translated from Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin; elected 10 September 1920; translated to Armagh 1 January 1939 |
| 1939 | 1956 | Arthur Barton | Translated from Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh; elected 7 February and confirmed 15 February 1939; resigned 15 November 1956; died 22 September 1962 |
| 1956 | 1969 | George Simms | Translated from Cork, Cloyne and Ross; elected 4 December and confirmed 11 December 1956; Armagh17 July 1969 |
| 1969 | 1977 | Alan Buchanan | Translated from Clogher elected 10 September and confirmed 14 October 1969; resigned 10 April 1977 |
| 1977 | 1985 | Henry McAdoo | Translated from Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin; elected 15 April and confirmed 19 April 1977; resigned in 1985; died 10 December 1998 |
| 1985 | 1996 | Donald Caird | Translated from Meath and Kildare; elected archbishop in 1985; retired in 1996.[4] |
| 1996 | 2002 | Walton Empey | Translated from Meath and Kildare; elected in 1996 and enthroned in June 1996; retired 31 July 2002.[5] |
| 2002 | 2011 | John Neill[6] | Translated from Cashel and Ossory; elected 29 August 2002 and enthroned 12 October 2002 |
| 2011 | present | Michael Jackson | Translated from Clogher. Elected on 2 February 2011 and enthroned on 8 May 2011. |
| Source(s): [7][8] | |||
| Roman Catholic Archbishops of Dublin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1534 | 1555 | See vacant | The Holy See made no effort to fill the see during this period |
| 1555 | 1567 | Hugh Curwen [B] | Appointed 21 June and consecrated 8 September 1555; adhered to Roman Catholicism under Mary I but then changed adherence to Anglicanism under Elizabeth I; resigned the see of Dublin and translated to Oxford 1 September 1567 |
| 1567 | unknown | See vacant | Edmund Tanner, Bishop of Cork and Cloyne was granted special faculties on 10 April 1575 for not only his own diocese, but also for the dioceses of Dublin and Cashel, in the absence of archbishops of those sees.[9] And on 15 May 1591, Cornelius Stanley was appointed vicar general of the sees of Dublin and Meath. |
| dates unknown | Donald | There is no record found of his papal brief or appointment. He is mentioned as the last archbishop in the appointment of his successor, Mateo de Oviedo. There is a suggestion that he may have been the Donald (or Daniel) O'Farrell who had kept a school in Dublin in April 1567. | |
| 1600 | 1610 | Mateo de Oviedo OFM | Appointed 5 May and consecrated before 5 July 1600; died 10 January 1610 |
| 1611 | 1623 | Eugene Matthews | Translated from Clogher 2 May 1611; died 1 September 1623 |
| 1623 | 1651 | Thomas Fleming OFM | Appointed 23 October 1623; died 2 August 1651 |
| 1657 | 1665 | (James Dempsey) | Formerly Dean of Kildare; appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief to administer the see of Dublin 17 April 1657; translated as vicar apostolic of Kildare 24 November 1665 |
| 1665 | unknown | (Richard Butler) | Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief to administer the see of Dublin 24 November 1665 |
| 1669 | 1680 | Peter Talbot | Appointed 11 January and consecrated 9 May 1669; died 15 November 1680 |
| 1683 | 1692 | Patrick Russell | Appointed 13 July 1683; died 14 July 1692 |
| 1693 | 1705 | Peter Creagh | Translated from Cork and Cloyne 6 March 1693; died 20 July 1705 |
| 1707 | 1724 | Edmund Byrne | Appointed 15 March 1707; died circa June 1724 |
| 1724 | 1729 | Edward Murphy | Translated from Kildare in September 1724; died in January 1729 |
| 1729 | 1733 | Luke Fagan | Translated from Meath in September 1729; died 11 November 1733 |
| 1734 | 1757 | John Linegar | Appointed 20 March 1734, and specifically appointed bishop of Glendalough 31 July 1734, an unusual departure from tradition; died 21 June 1757 |
| 1757 | 1763 | Richard Lincoln | Appointed coadjutor archbishop 21 November 1755; succeeded 21 June 1757; died 21 June 1763 |
| 1763 | 1769 | Patrick Fitzsimons | Appointed 20 September 1763; died 24 November 1769 |
| 1770 | 1786 | John Carpenter | Appointed 10 April and consecrated 3 June 1770; died 29 October 1786 |
| 1786 | 1823 | John Troy OP | Appointed 3 December 1786; died 11 May 1823 |
| 1823 | 1852 | Daniel Murray | Appointed coadjutor archbishop 3 May and consecrated 30 November 1809; succeeded 11 May 1823; died 26 February 1852 |
| 1852 | 1878 | Paul, Cardinal Cullen | Translated from Armagh 3 May 1852; created cardinal 22 June 1866;[10] died 24 October 1878 |
| 1879 | 1885 | Edward, Cardinal MacCabe | Appointed 4 April and consecrated 25 July 1879; created cardinal 12 March 1882;[11] died 11 February 1885 |
| 1885 | 1921 | William Walsh | Appointed 23 June and consecrate 2 August 1885; died 9 April 1921 |
| 1921 | 1940 | Edward Byrne | Appointed coadjutor archbishop 19 August and consecrated 27 October 1920; succeeded 9 April 1921; died 9 February 1940 |
| 1940 | 1971 | John McQuaid CSSp | Appointed 6 November and consecrated 27 December 1940; resigned 4 January 1971; died 7 April 1973 |
| 1971 | 1984 | Dermot Ryan | Appointed 29 December 1971 and consecrated 13 February 1972; retired 1 September 1984; died 21 February 1985 |
| 1984 | 1987 | Kevin McNamara | Translated from Kerry; appointed 15 November 1984; died 8 April 1987 |
| 1988 | 2004 | Desmond, Cardinal Connell | Appointed 21 January and consecrated 6 March 1988; created cardinal 21 February 2001; retired 26 April 2004.[12] |
| 2004 | present | Diarmuid Martin | Appointed coadjutor archbishop 3 May 2003; succeeded 26 April 2004 |
| Source(s): [13][14][15][16] | |||