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Kevin Farrell

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kevin Farrell is the 603rd most popular religious figure (up from 1,222nd in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Ireland (up from 64th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Kevin Farrell ranks 603 out of 3,187. Before her are Jephthah, Devadatta, Penitent thief, Laban, Ansgar, and Beatrice Portinari. After her are Camillus de Lellis, Rashi, Sister Lúcia, Bruno of Cologne, Nichiren, and Pancras of Rome.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Kevin Farrell ranks 40. Before her are France Gall, Michael Levitt, Michael Porter, Josep Borrell, Linda B. Buck, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. After her are Tom Clancy, Roger D. Kornberg, Sam Neill, James Woods, Megawati Sukarnoputri, and Stephen Collins.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Kevin Farrell ranks 31 out of 549. Before her are J. D. Bernal (1901), W. B. Yeats (1865), G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), Anne Bonny (1702), Ernest Shackleton (1874), and John Field (1782). After her are Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), George Francis FitzGerald (1851), Columbanus (540), Michael D. Higgins (1941), Bertie Ahern (1951), and Laurence Sterne (1713).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Kevin Farrell ranks 2. Before her are Brigid of Kildare (451). After her are Columbanus (540), Columba (521), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), Saint Fiacre (607), Seán Brady (1939), Dymphna (700), Saint Kilian (640), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), and Adomnán (624).

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