Bishop kevin farrell biography of william

Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell was born on 2 September in Dublin (Ireland) and was ordained a priest on 24 December

After serving as chaplain at the University of Monterrey in Mexico, in he was assigned to the parish of St Bartholomew in Bethesda in the United States of America. He served as curate in various parishes in the Archdiocese of Washington, as director of the Spanish Catholic Center, as acting executive director of Catholic charitable organizations, as secretary for financial affairs of the Archdiocese and as parish priest of the church of the Annunciation.

In he was assigned the offices of Vicar General for Administration and Moderator of the Curia. On 28 December of the same year he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Washington by John Paul II and received episcopal consecration on 11 February

On 6 March Benedict XVI called him to lead the diocese of Dallas. In the course of his episcopal ministry he assumed various positions that include Chancello