Diarmaid O' Súilleabháin (3 Dedcember June 1885; d 27 August December 1994) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop.[1]
O' Súilleabháin was born in Dublin and studied for the priesthood at St Patrick's College, Maynooth.[2] He was ordained Bishop of Kerry on 29 March 1985. He is buried at St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney.
References
edit- ^ "Bishop Diarmaid (Dermot) O'Súilleabháin (O'Sullivan) (born 3 Dec 1924, died 27 Aug 1994) Bishop of Kerry". Catholic Hierarchy. Roman Catholic Church. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ Canning, Bernard (1988). Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat. p. 272. ISBN 1870963008.
External links
edit- "Bishop regrets abuse inaction by predecessor". www.irishtimes.com. The Irish Times. 17 November 1997. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
The Bishop of Kerry, Dr William Murphy, has expressed his concern that his predecessor, the late Dr Diarmuid O Suilleabhain, knew about allegations concerning sex abuse of young people by one of his priests as far back as 1989, but failed to act on the matter.
- "Tralee Dominican Celebration". www.rte.ie. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 9 August 1987. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
he town of Tralee has been linked with the Dominicans for more than seven hundred years. A procession of Dominicans and an 0pen air mass concelebrated by Bishop Diarmaid O'Súilleabháin, Bishop of Kerry and Father Daman Byrne, World-wide Head of the Dominican Order.
 | This article about an Irish Catholic bishop or archbishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |