Robert Desmond Harman (20 June 1941 – 18 December 2007) was
Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin from 2004 until 2007.
Harman was educated at
Sligo Grammar School and
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
. He was
ordained
Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...
in 1967 and his first post was as a
curate
A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...
in
Taney Parish.
['' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ] After this he was successively
Rector of
Santry then
Milltown before becoming dean.
Notes
1941 births
2007 deaths
People educated at Sligo Grammar School
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Deans of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Place of birth missing
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