The

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is a

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located in eastern

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, with a geographical remit comprising the

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and traditional county of Dublin, most of

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and parts of counties

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and

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Structure

In 1975, the archdiocese comprised 163 parishes, but as of 2009, the number of parishes had risen to 200. One of these parishes is non-territorial, providing services to the Traveller community. The other 199 parishes had been grouped into sixteen

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since 2004, with pastoral responsibility for each of these deaneries resting with a number of auxiliary bishops or episcopal vicars. Each individual deanery is led by a

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, whose responsibility it is to ease the administrative burden on the Archbishop. Following the establishment of the ''Building Hope'' task force by Archbishop

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in April 2021, the parishes were restructured into 53 parish partnerships within fifteen deaneries, which were shared with parishes in the first week of Advent 2022.

Deaneries

Under the pastoral responsibility of Canon Liam Rigney

Blessington

The Blessington deanery is located in the civil county of

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and the traditional counties of

and

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. The vicar forane is Fr. Aidan Kieran.

South Dublin

The South Dublin deanery is located entirely within the eponymous civil county. The vicar forane is Fr. Philip Bradley.

Tallaght

The Tallaght deanery is located entirely within the civil county of South Dublin. The vicar forane is Fr. William O’Shaughnessy.

Under the pastoral responsibility of Fr. Richard Sheehy

Blanchardstown

The Blanchardstown deanery is located entirely within the civil county of

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. The vicar forane is Fr. Damian McNeice.

Fingal North

The Fingal North deanery is located entirely within the civil county of Fingal. The vicar forane is Canon John McNamara.

Maynooth

The Maynooth deanery is located in the civil county of South Dublin and the traditional county of Kildare. The vicar forane is Fr. Joe McDonald.

Under the pastoral responsibility of Fr. Paul Thornton

Fingal South East

The Fingal South East deanery is located within the

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and the civil county of Fingal. The vicar forane is Fr. Martin Hogan.

Fingal South West

The Fingal South West deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Fingal. The vicar forane is Fr. TBC.

Howth

The Howth deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Fingal. The vicar forane is Fr. Martin Noone.

Under the pastoral responsibility of Fr. Donal Roche

Bray

The Bray deanery is located within the civil county of

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and the traditional county of

. The vicar forane is Fr. Aquinas Duffy.

Donnybrook

The Donnybrook deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. The vicar forane is Fr. Fergus O’Connor.

Wicklow

The Wicklow deanery is located within the traditional counties of

and Wicklow. The vicar forane is Fr. Derek Doyle.

Under the pastoral responsibility of Fr. Enda Cunningham

South City Centre

The South City Centre deanery is located entirely within the city of Dublin. The vicar forane is Fr. Seán Ford.

North City Centre

The North City Centre deanery is located entirely within the city of Dublin. The vicar forane is Fr. Robert Colclough.

Cullenswood

The Cullenswood deanery is located entirely within the city of Dublin. The vicar forane is Fr. Paul Taylor.

Other parishes

There is also a diocese-wide parish of the Travelling People, which was established by Archbishop

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in 1980 in response to the unique pastoral needs of the Traveller community in the archdiocese. The parish is under the pastoral care of Fr. Paul O'Driscoll.

Notes and references

Notes

References

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