Cardinal Desmond Connell of Dublin dies at 90
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Desmond Connell, Archbishop
emeritus of Dublin in Ireland, died on Monday night in his sleep at the age of
90 after a long illness.
Cardinal Connell was born on 24 March 1926 in Phibsboro,
Ireland. He was ordained for the Archdiocese of Dublin on 19 May 1951 and holds
a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of Louvain.
In 1953 he started teaching in the Department of Metaphysics
at University College Dublin, where he was appointed professor of general
metaphysics in 1972 and elected dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology
in 1983.
He has written on philosophical and theological subjects and
for his published work was awarded the decree D.Litt. by the National
University of Ireland in 1981. He also served as chaplain to the Poor Clares in
Donnybrook, the Carmelites in Drumcondra and the Carmelites in Blackrock.
He was appointed Archbishop of Dublin on 21 January 1988 and
received episcopal ordination on 6 March.
Archbishop emeritus of Dublin, 26 April 2004.
He participated in the conclave of April 2005, which elected
Pope Benedict XVI.
Cardinal Connell was created and proclaimed Cardinal by Pope
St. John Paul II in the Consistory of 21 February 2001, of the Title of S.
Silvestro in Capite (St. Sylvester in Capite).
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