Find out more about Diocesan Priesthood or Diaconate 

The Diocesan Office of Vocations encourages and promotes vocations to the priesthood in the Archdiocese. The office provides potential candidates for the priesthood with the opportunity to explore their vocation and facilitates those who feel called to priesthood in their application.

The office encourages anyone who feels called to the priesthood to contact them to discuss their own unique vocation.
Fr Séamus McEntee, Vocations Director
seamus.mcentee@dublindiocese.ie

Fr Bill O’Shaughnessy, Assistant Vocations Director
bill.oshaughnessy@dublindiocese.ie

Permanent Diaconate
The permanent diaconate is open to all men, married and single, over the age of 35 who have displayed a passion for service in the
church. The maximum age for ordination is 63. Those coming forward are offered a one-year programme of discernment for the applicant and their families, followed by a three-year formation programme consisting of an academic course combined with parish training.

Fr John Gilligan, Director of the Permanent Diaconate
john.gilligan@dublindiocese.ie

Deacon Noel Ryan, Director of Diaconal Formation
noel.ryan@dublindiocese.ie / 01 8087561