Archbishop Martin was born in Dublin in 1945 and was ordained priest in 1969.
He pursued higher studies in moral theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome and entered the service of the Holy See in 1976 in the Pontifical Council for the Family.
In 1986 he was appointed Under-Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and in 1994 became Secretary of that Council.
In 2001 he was elevated to the dignity of Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio and served as Permanent Observer of the Holy See in Geneva, at the United Nations Office and Specialised Agencies and at the World Trade Organisation.
Vice-President of the Irish Episcopal Conference, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin in May 2003 and succeeded Cardinal Connell as Archbishop of Dublin in April 2004.
Diarmuid Martin is a Member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and is co-moderator of the Joint Working Group for Relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches.
All are welcome and there will be a wine-reception in Michaelhouse afterwards for those present.
Members of the University attending should wear their gowns.
The Most Reverend Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, will preach the University Sermon in Great St Mary's, the University Church, at 11.15 a.m. on Sunday, 5 May.
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