| Styles of Brian Farrell |
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|---|---|
| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
| Posthumous style | none |
Brian Farrell L.C. (b. 8 February 1944) is a Catholic bishop and currently Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.[1]
Bishop Farrell was born in Dublin, Ireland. He studied for the priesthood with the Legionaries of Christ and was ordained on 26 November 1969. He served as a priest in Dublin until 19 December 2002 when he was appointed Titular Bishop of the titular see of Abitinae and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity under Cardinal Walter Kasper within the Roman Curia by Pope John Paul II. He was ordained a bishop on 6 January 2003 by Pope John Paul II; his principal co-consecrators were Archbishops Leonardo Sandri and Antonio Maria Vegliò.
Bishop Farrell is the older brother of Kevin Farrell, currently Bishop of Dallas.
On 30 September 2010 Bishop Farrell was named among the counselors to Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, the Pontifical Delegate to the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ. The others are Msgr. Mario Marchesi, Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, SJ, Father Agostino Montan, SC. Archbishop De Paolis and the four counselors will assist him in fulfilling his duties in the reorganisation of the Mexican congregation. He also announced the apostolic visitor to Regnum Christi, the lay movement associated with the Legion. The visitor to Regnum Christi will be Archbishop Ricardo Blázquez Pérez of Valladolid
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| Preceded by Marc Ouellet |
Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity 19 December 2002–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |