Background
Bishop Farrell was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Bishop Farrell was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Pontifical Gregorian University.
Within the Council he is Vice-President of the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews. From 1970 to 1976 he was the novice director in the Legionary seminary in Orange, Connecticut. He obtained his licentiate in philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University and his licentiate in theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, and in 1981 earned a doctorate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.
From 1981 to 2002 he served the Vatican"s Secretariat of State, from 1999 as head of the English desk in the Office of General Affairs.
He was consecrated Bishop of Abitinae on 6 January 2003 by Pope John Paul World War II His principal co-consecrators were Archbishops Leonardo Sandri and Antonio Maria VegliĆ².
In 2003 Bishop Farrell contributed an article to the catalogue for "The Tension of Origin," an exhibition of works by Italian artist Giovanni Bonaldi which engaged in Jewish-Christian dialogue through artistic expression. In 2015 he ordained twenty new Legionaries of Christ deacons. Bishop Farrell is the older brother of Kevin Farrell, currently Bishop of Dallas.