Daniel Murray (archbishop)

The Most Reverend Daniel Murray
Archbishop of Dublin Primate of Ireland
Daniel Murray at the Pro-Cathedral Dublin
Church	Roman Catholic
See	Dublin
In office	1823 - 1852
Predecessor	John Troy
Successor	Paul Cullen
Personal details
Born	18 April 1768 Arklow, Ireland
Died	26 February 1852

Daniel Murray (1768, at Sheepwalk, near Arklow, Ireland - at Dublin, 1852) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin.

He was born on 18 April 1768 at Sheepwalk, near Arklow, County Wicklow, the son of Thomas and Judith Murray. His parents were farmers. At the age of eight he went to Thomas Betagh's school at Saul's Court, near Christchurch Cathedral. At sixteen, Archbishop John Carpenter sent him to the Irish College of Salamanca, completing his studies at the University of Salamanca. He was ordained priest in 1792 at the age of twenty-four.

After some years as curate at St. Paul's Church in Dublin he was transferred to Arklow, and was there in 1798 when the rebellion broke out. The yeomenry shot the parish priest in bed and Murray, to escape a similar fate, fled to the city where for two he served as curate at St. Andrew’s Chapel on Hawkins Street. As a preacher, Murray is said to have been particularly effective, especially in appeals for charitable causes, such as the schools. He was then assigned to the Chapel of St. Mary in Upper Liffey Street where Archbishop John Troy was the Parish Priest.

In 1809, at the request of Archbishop Troy, Murray was appointed coadjutor bishop, and consecrated on 30 November 1809. In 1811 he was made Administrator of St. Andrew’s. That same year he helped Mary Aikenhead establish the Religious Sisters of Charity. While coadjutor he filled for one year the position of president of St Patrick's College, Maynooth.