Bishop Kevin Joseph Farrell
Bishop
Farrell was appointed Seventh Bishop of Dallas on March 6, 2007 by Pope
Benedict XVI. He was installed as Bishop of Dallas May 1, 2007,
succeeding Bishop Charles V. Grahmann who served as Sixth Bishop of
Dallas from July 1990 until his resignation in July, 2007.
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Reverend Kevin J. Farrell, D.D.
Bishop of Dallas
Born:
September 2, 1947, Dublin, Ireland
Education: M.A. Philosophy,
Rome, 1970
S.T.L. Rome, 1977
Ordained: December
24, 1978, Rome
February 11, 2002 Auxiliary
Bishop, Washington, D.C.
Assignments:
1979
University Chaplain, Monterrey, Mexico
1983 St. Thomas
Apostle Parish, Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
1985
Director of Catholic Charities and the Spanish Catholic Center,
Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
1987 Vicar for
Administration, Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
2001 Vicar
General and Moderator of the Curia,
Archdiocese
of Washington, D.C.
Auxiliary
Bishop of Washington
February 11, 2002
Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington
Bishop of Dallas
May 1, 2007
Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas
Other
Responsibilities
Committee on Migration
and Refuge for USCCB
Committee on Divine Worship
for USCCB
Committee on Finance and Budget for USCCB
Committee on National Collections for USCCB
Board
of Trustees of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception,
Washington, D.C.
President of New Evangelization of America
National
Delegate to the International Eucharistic Congresses, Rome.