Dermot Ryan

Religious Leader

1924 – 1985

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Who was Dermot Ryan?

Dermot J. Ryan was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland from 1972 until 1984. He was ordained a priest on 28 May 1950 and consecrated bishop on 13 February 1972. After his death he was criticised for having failed to act and covering up sexual abuse by priests in the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin.

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Born
Jun 26, 1924
Ireland
Religion
  • Catholicism
Lived in
  • County Dublin
Died
Feb 21, 1985
Rome

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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