According to Dublin Archdiocese’s financial statements for 2024, based on current cost assumptions, existing reserves will be exhausted within 16 years. In the archdiocese’s financial statements for 2024, it says that, based on current cost assumptions, existing reserves will be exhausted within 16 years. With 1.1 million Catholics, the archdiocese is served by 361 priests, a majority of whom are elderly. The second (“Share”) collections, in support of parishes, raised €5.7 million in 2024, compared to €5.6 million in 2023. To address the decline in numbers of priests, the archdiocese has introduced a pastoral strategy called “Building Hope”.

Source: The Irish Times November 20, 2025 13:31 UTC