Brendan Leahy
Brendan Leahy (born March 28, 1960 in Dublin ) is Bishop of Limerick .
Life
Brendan Leahy, son of a teacher couple, studied in Dublin and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. On June 5, 1986, he was ordained a priest . After further studies and pastoral work in Clonskeagh and Lusk near Dublin, he was appointed professor of systematic theology at St. Patrick's College in Maynooth . With his dissertation on The Marian Profile in the Ecclesiology of Hans Urs von Balthasar ( The Marian principle in the Church according to Hans Urs von Balthasar ), he received his doctorate theologiae in Rome in 1993 .
Leahy was secretary of the Ecumenical Commission of the Irish Bishops' Conference from 1999 to 2010 . Since 2005 he has been a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Theology . Leahy is a longtime member of the Focolare Movement .
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Limerick on January 10, 2013 . The Archbishop of Cashel-Emly , Dermot Clifford , donated him episcopal ordination on April 14 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Charles John Brown , Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland , and Diarmuid Martin , Archbishop of Dublin . In October 2017 Leahy explicitly invited homosexual couples to the planned World Family Meeting in Dublin 2018.
Publications
- The Marian principle in the Church according to Hans Urs von Balthasar (Diss.), Europäische Hochschulschriften, series 23, Theologie, Vol. 558, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 1996, ISBN 3-631-49865-9
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Stefan Meetschen: A man who can inspire faith (portrait) in: Die Tagespost of January 12, 2013, p. 5
- ^ Diocese of Limerick welcomes announcement of its new Bishop , homepage of the Diocese of Limerick, accessed on January 12, 2013
- ↑ Katholisch.de: Roman Catholic bishop wants homosexual couples at family gatherings
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Leahy, Brendan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic, Irish bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |