Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin

Archdiocese of Dublin Archidioecesis Dublinensis Ard-Deoise Bhaile Átha Cliath
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin
Location
Country	Ireland
Territory	City of Dublin, most of counties Dublin and Wicklow, and parts of counties Carlow, Kildare, Laois and Wexford
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Dublin
Statistics
Area	1,229 sq mi (3,180 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2019) 1,570,149 1,093,095[1] (69.6%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	Diocese in 1028; Archdiocese in 1152
Cathedral	St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin
Patron saint	Kevin Laurence O'Toole
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Dermot Farrell, Archbishop of Dublin
Auxiliary Bishops	Paul Dempsey Donal Roche
Vicar General	Fr. Gareth Byrne Msgr. Ciarán O'Carroll
Bishops emeritus	Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin Raymond Field, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin Éamonn Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin
Map
Website
dublindiocese.ie

The Archdiocese of Dublin (Irish: Ard-Deoise Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the eastern part of Ireland. Its archepiscopal see includes the republic's capital city – Dublin. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is St Mary's Pro-Cathedral. Dublin was formally recognised as a metropolitan province in 1152 by the Synod of Kells. Its second archbishop, Lorcán Ua Tuathail (Anglicised as St Laurence O'Toole), is also its patron saint.

As of 2021, the incumbent Ordinary and metropolitan of the Metropolitan Province of Dublin is Archbishop Dermot Farrell, who was appointed on 29 December 2020 and installed on 2 February 2021.^{[2] [3]}