Tomás Ó Fiaich


Tomás Ó Fiaich

Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh
Primate of All Ireland
Portrait of Cardinal Ó Fiaich
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArmagh
Appointed18 August 1977
Term ended8 May 1990
PredecessorWilliam Conway
SuccessorCahal Daly
Other post(s)Cardinal Priest of San Patrizio
Previous post(s)President of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
Orders
Ordination6 July 1948
Consecration2 October 1977
by Gaetano Alibrandi
Created cardinal30 June 1979
by John Paul II
RankCardinal Priest
Personal details
Born
Thomas Fee

3 November 1923
Cullyhanna, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Died8 May 1990 (aged 66)
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
BuriedSt Patrick's Cathedral Cemetery, Armagh, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
DenominationCatholic
Alma materSt Peter's College, Wexford
MottoFratres In Unum
Coat of arms

Tomás Séamus Ó Fiaich, KGCHS (3 November 1923 – 8 May 1990) was an Irish cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 2 October 1977 until his death. He was created a Cardinal in 1979. Ó Fiaich was born in 1923 in Cullyhanna and raised in Camlough, County Armagh.