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Kevin Farrell
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Irish-American Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1947)
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- 2
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- Pandemic Playlist
- Patronos de la JMJ Lisboa 2023
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Key facts
- Church
- Catholic Church
- Appointed
- 15 August 2016
- Installed
- 14 February 2019 (as Camerlengo)
- Predecessor
- Jean-Louis Tauran (Camerlengo)
- Other posts
- Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire (2016 – present) President of the Pontifical Commission for Confidential Matters (2020 – present) Chair of the Pontifical Committee for Investments (2022 – present)
- Previous posts
- Bishop of Dallas (2007 – 2016) Auxiliary Bishop of Washington and Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru (2001 – 2007)
- Ordination
- 24 December 1978, by Eduardo Francisco Pironio
- Consecration
- 11 February 2002, by Theodore Edgar McCarrick
- Created cardinal
- 19 November 2016, by Pope Francis
- Rank
- Cardinal deacon
- Born
- Kevin Joseph Farrell , ( 1947-09-02 ) 2 September 1947 (age 78) , Dublin , Ireland
- Motto
- State in fide ( Latin for ' Stay firm in the faith ' )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Family name
- Farrell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Peru
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Sibling
- Brian Farrell
- Educated at
- Pontifical University of Salamanca
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2005 conclave
- Field of work
- gun control
- Image
- Kevin Joseph Farrell 1.jpg
- Religious order
- Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ
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- date of birth
- 1947-09-02
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- Leonard Olivier
- name in native language
- Kevin Joseph Farrell
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- Kevin Farrell
- writing language
- Spanish
- P8168
- Orthetrum sabina
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Encyclopedic overview
Kevin Joseph Farrell (born 2 September 1947) is an Irish-born American Catholic prelate who has served as the prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life since 2016, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church since 2019, and president of the Supreme Court of Vatican City since 2024. He served as the regent of Vatican City after the death of Pope Francis on 21 April 2025, and held these interim duties until Leo XIV was elected as pope on 8 May.
After his ordination in 1978, Farrell served as a chaplain and university teacher for several years in Mexico and worked in the United States from 1984 to 2016. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington from 2002 to 2007 and Bishop of Dallas from 2007 to 2017. He was made a cardinal in 2016.
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