Joy in Dublin As Papal Designation Gives City First Catholic Cathedral Since Reformation

November 21, 2025 World News

Archbishop Dermot Farrell of the Dublin Archdiocese holds up the decree on Nov. 14, 2025, that Pope Leo XIV sent him granting his request that St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Dublin be designated as the cathedral Church of the archdiocese.

Archbishop Farrell added that the timing could not have been better as it coincided with the cathedral’s bicentenary celebrations.