Dermot Dunne

Dermot Patrick Martin Dunne is the current and, by some counts, 35th Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.[1]

Early life and education

A native of Mallow, Dunne was born in 1959 and educated in philosophy and theology at St Patrick's College Maynooth, was ordained a deacon in 1983 and a priest in 1984,[2] serving his early priestly ministry in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne. [3] Later he was appointed chaplain to the Whittington Hospital in London and worked in two parishes there including St. George's Cathedral, Southwark and while in London, the Dean pursued graduate and post-graduate studies in psychotherapy and qualified as a psychotherapist in 1995.

Church of Ireland ministry

In 1999 he became the Dean's Vicar of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. Having served his title there until 2001, Dean Dunne was appointed incumbent of the Crosspatrick and Carnew Group of parishes in county Wicklow. During his incumbency he was appointed Precentor of Ferns and subsequently Archdeacon of Ferns before his appointment as Dean of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin in 2008. Dean Dunne completed an MA in Applied Spirituality and was awarded his master's degree from Dublin City University. He is married to Celia Dunne (née' Burl.)

Notes

  1. "Cathedral website". christchurchdublin.ie. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. He was ordained a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church in 1983 and a Priest in 1984.
  3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002343/20010905/095/0018
Religious titles
Preceded by
Robert Desmond Harman
Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
2008–present
Succeeded by
Current incumbent


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