Paul Cullen (cardinal)


Paul Cardinal Cullen
Archbishop of Dublin
Primate of Ireland
ArchdioceseDublin
ProvinceDublin
Installed1 May 1852
Term ended24 October 1878
PredecessorDaniel Murray
SuccessorEdward MacCabe
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination19 April 1829
by Pietro Caprano
Consecration24 February 1850
by Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli
Created cardinal22 June 1866
by Pius IX
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born29 April 1803
Died24 October 1878(1878-10-24) (aged 75)
Dublin, Ireland
BuriedSt Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland
DenominationCatholic
Alma materSt. Patrick's College,
Pontifical Urban College
MottoPonit animam pro amicis

Paul Cardinal Cullen (29 April 1803 – 24 October 1878) was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and previously of Armagh, and the first Irish cardinal. His Ultramontanism spearheaded the Romanisation of the Catholic Church in Ireland and ushered in the devotional revolution experienced in Ireland through the second half of the 19th century and much of the 20th century. A trained biblical theologian and scholar of ancient languages, Cullen crafted the formula for papal infallibility at the First Vatican Council.