Cahal Daly
Cahal Brendan Cardinal Daly ( Irish to Cairdinéal Cathal Breandán Ó Dalaigh , born October 1, 1917 in Loughguile , County Antrim , Ireland , † December 31, 2009 in Belfast ) was Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland.
Life
Cahal Daly, the third of seven children from a family of teachers, studied philosophy at St. Malachy's College in Belfast and classical literature at Queen's University of Belfast . After graduating in Catholic theology from St. Patrick's College in Maynooth , he received the sacrament of ordination on June 22, 1941 . He was in Maynooth with a dissertation on Tertullian the doctor of theology doctorate .
From 1946 to 1967 he taught at St. Malachy's College, later he was professor at Queen's University. 1952 to 1953 he held a visiting professorship at the Institut Catholique de Paris and established a friendship with Henri de Lubac . Daly became the leading Catholic theologian in Ireland. During this time he published his works Morals, Law and Life (1962) and Intellect and Hope (1968). During the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 he was an advisor to the Irish bishops.
On May 26, 1967, Pope Paul VI appointed him . to the Bishop of Ardagh . He received episcopal ordination from the Archbishop of Armagh William Cardinal Conway ; Co- consecrators were the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland and later Cardinal , Giuseppe Maria Sensi , and the Bishop of Derry , Neil Farren . On August 24, 1982 Pope John Paul II made him head of the Diocese of Down and Connor . On November 6, 1990, Cahal Brendan Daly was named Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland.
On June 28, 1991, Pope John Paul II accepted him as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Patrizio in the college of cardinals .
During the entire duration of his priestly and episcopal ministry he was involved in various initiatives for a peaceful coexistence of Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland . Cahal Cardinal Daly wrote numerous theological and socio-political books.
He resigned the leadership of the Archdiocese of Armagh on October 1, 1996 for reasons of age.
literature
- Cahal Cardinal Daly , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 43/2001 of October 15, 2001, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Entry for Cahal Daly on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Obituary by Cardinal Cahal Daly , Telegraph, January 1, 2010
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| James Joseph MacNamee |
Bishop of Ardagh 1967–1982 |
Colm O'Reilly |
| William J. Philbin (en) |
Bishop of Down and Connor 1982–1990 |
Patrick Joseph Walsh |
| Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich |
Archbishop of Armagh 1990-1996 |
Seán Cardinal Brady |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daly, Cahal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Daly, Cahal Brendan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish clergyman, Archbishop of Armagh and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Primate of Ireland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loughguile , County Antrim , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 2009 |
| Place of death | Belfast |