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Kevin Doran
Kevin Peter Doran (born 26 June 1953) is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate, bioethicist and theologian who has served as Bishop of Elphin since 2014 and Bishop of Achonry since 2025.
Doran was born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin on 26 June 1953, one of three children to Joseph Doran and his wife Marie (née Brady).
He attended primary and secondary school at C.B.C. Monkstown, where his father worked as a teacher. Doran studied for the priesthood at Holy Cross College between 1970 and 1974, completing a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and French at University College Dublin, and at the Pontifical Irish College, Rome, between 1974 and 1977, completing a Bachelor of Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Dublin on 6 July 1977.
Following ordination, Doran received his first diocesan assignment as catechist and chaplain at Ringsend Technical Institute, during which time he also completed a higher diploma in education at University College Dublin. He subsequently served as an advisor for VEC schools in the diocesan secretariat for education, and as an occasional lecturer in midwifery ethics at the Coombe Women's Hospital.
Doran returned to University College Dublin in 1983, where he was appointed university chaplain until 1990. It was during this time that he completed a Master of Arts in philosophy between 1985 and 1987. He subsequently returned to the Pontifical Irish College in 1990, where he was appointed spiritual director, during which time he also completed a Doctor of Philosophy in philosophical anthropology, with specific focus on the philosophy of Pope John Paul II, at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Doran returned to the Archdiocese of Dublin in 1995, where he received his first pastoral assignment as curate in Our Lady of Perpetual Succour parish, Foxrock. During this assignment, he was also a lecturer in philosophy and Catholic social teaching at Mater Dei Institute of Education and occasional lecturer in midwifery ethics at the National Maternity Hospital.
Doran was appointed parish chaplain to St Anthony's parish, Clontarf, and diocesan vocations director in 1998. He was subsequently appointed national vocations co-ordinator for the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference in 2000 and a lecturer in philosophy and Catholic social teaching at Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy. Doran was subsequently appointed parish priest in St Kevin's parish, Glendalough in 2005, and four years later as parish chaplain to St Vincent de Paul parish, Marino.
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Kevin Doran
Kevin Peter Doran (born 26 June 1953) is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate, bioethicist and theologian who has served as Bishop of Elphin since 2014 and Bishop of Achonry since 2025.
Doran was born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin on 26 June 1953, one of three children to Joseph Doran and his wife Marie (née Brady).
He attended primary and secondary school at C.B.C. Monkstown, where his father worked as a teacher. Doran studied for the priesthood at Holy Cross College between 1970 and 1974, completing a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and French at University College Dublin, and at the Pontifical Irish College, Rome, between 1974 and 1977, completing a Bachelor of Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Dublin on 6 July 1977.
Following ordination, Doran received his first diocesan assignment as catechist and chaplain at Ringsend Technical Institute, during which time he also completed a higher diploma in education at University College Dublin. He subsequently served as an advisor for VEC schools in the diocesan secretariat for education, and as an occasional lecturer in midwifery ethics at the Coombe Women's Hospital.
Doran returned to University College Dublin in 1983, where he was appointed university chaplain until 1990. It was during this time that he completed a Master of Arts in philosophy between 1985 and 1987. He subsequently returned to the Pontifical Irish College in 1990, where he was appointed spiritual director, during which time he also completed a Doctor of Philosophy in philosophical anthropology, with specific focus on the philosophy of Pope John Paul II, at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Doran returned to the Archdiocese of Dublin in 1995, where he received his first pastoral assignment as curate in Our Lady of Perpetual Succour parish, Foxrock. During this assignment, he was also a lecturer in philosophy and Catholic social teaching at Mater Dei Institute of Education and occasional lecturer in midwifery ethics at the National Maternity Hospital.
Doran was appointed parish chaplain to St Anthony's parish, Clontarf, and diocesan vocations director in 1998. He was subsequently appointed national vocations co-ordinator for the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference in 2000 and a lecturer in philosophy and Catholic social teaching at Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy. Doran was subsequently appointed parish priest in St Kevin's parish, Glendalough in 2005, and four years later as parish chaplain to St Vincent de Paul parish, Marino.
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