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Queen of Peace, Bray

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In 1975, the archdiocese comprised 163 parishes, but as of 2009, the number of parishes had risen to 200. One of these parishes is non-territorial, providing services to the Traveller community. The other 199 parishes had been grouped into sixteen deaneries since 2004, with pastoral responsibility for each of these deaneries resting with a number of auxiliary bishops or episcopal vicars. Each individual deanery is led by a vicar forane, whose responsibility it is to ease the administrative burden on the Archbishop.

Following the establishment of the Building Hope task force by Archbishop Dermot Farrell in April 2021, the parishes were restructured into 53 parish partnerships within fifteen deaneries, which were shared with parishes in the first week of Advent 2022.

Under the pastoral responsibility of Canon Liam Rigney

The Blessington deanery is located in the civil county of South Dublin and the traditional counties of Carlow, Kildare, Laois and Wicklow.

The South Dublin deanery is located entirely within the eponymous civil county.

The Tallaght deanery is located entirely within the civil county of South Dublin.

The vicar forane is Fr. William O’Shaughnessy.

Under the pastoral responsibility of Fr. Richard Sheehy

The Blanchardstown deanery is located entirely within the civil county of Fingal.

The Fingal North deanery is located entirely within the civil county of Fingal.

The vicar forane is Canon John McNamara.

The Maynooth deanery is located in the civil county of South Dublin and the traditional county of Kildare.

Under the pastoral responsibility of Fr. Paul Thornton

The Fingal South East deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Fingal.

The vicar forane is Fr. Michael O'Grady.

The Fingal South West deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Fingal.

The Howth deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Fingal.

Under the pastoral responsibility of Fr. Donal Roche

The Bray deanery is located within the civil county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and the traditional county of Wicklow.

The Donnybrook deanery is located within the city of Dublin and the civil county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.