About

The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference (also known as the Irish Episcopal Conference) is the assembly of the Bishops of Ireland exercising together certain pastoral offices for Christ’s faithful on the whole island of Ireland.

The Conference enables the Bishops to exchange views, and share their wisdom and experience in order to promote the common good of the Church in Ireland. General Meetings of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference normally take place on a quarterly basis.

The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference seeks to build effective consensus among the Bishops, thereby contributing to the unity of the Church in communion with Pope Francis.  Through its links with the Church in neighbouring countries and across the world, it strengthens and enriches efforts to increase faith and proclaim the Gospel message to all nations. At the same time, the Conference fully respects the personal authority, responsibility and ministry of each individual Bishop within his own diocese.

Membership

The current membership of the Irish Bishops’ Conference comprises the Bishops of the 26 dioceses of Ireland and one auxiliary Bishop.

President
Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh, Apostolic Administrator of Dromore, and Primate of All-Ireland

Vice-President
Archbishop Dermot Farrell, Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland

Episcopal Secretary
Archbishop Francis Duffy, Archbishop of Tuam 

Finance Secretary
Bishop Ger Nash, Bishop of Ferns

Standing Committee (2019-2022) 

Archbishop Eamon Martin (President)Archbishop Dermot Farrell (Vice President) Archbishop Kieran O’ Reilly SMA Archbishop Francis Duffy (Episcopal Secretary) 
Bishop Ger Nash (Finance Secretary) 
Bishop John Fleming (Chairman, Planning, Communications and Resources)Bishop Noel Treanor (Chairman, Commission for Social Issues and International Affairs) Bishop Donal McKeown (Chairman, Commission for Worship, Pastoral Renewal and Faith Development) Bishop Brendan Leahy (Chairman, Commission for Catholic Education and Formation)Bishop Denis Nulty (Chairman, Commission for Pastoral Care) Bishop William CreanBishop Alan McGuckian SJ

Contact

Contact details

Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference
Columba Centre
Maynooth
Co Kildare
Ireland
W23 P6D3
Tel: +353 (0)1 505 3000
Fax: +353 (0)1 601 6401
Email: [email protected]

Hierarchy General Purposes Trust is a registered charity (20009861).