enthroned ended predecessor successor birth_name consecration birth_place religion title other_post nationality article_title birth_date ordination diocese name alma_mater
31 august 2002 22 april 2010 laurence ryan sede vacante james moriarty 22 september 1991 -lrb- bishop -rrb- dublin , ireland roman catholic bishop emeritus of kildare and leighlin auxiliary 1991 -- 2002 bishop of dublin and titular bishop of bononia irish james moriarty -lrb- bishop -rrb-
 13 august 1936 21 may 1961 -lrb- priest -rrb- kildare and leighlin james moriarty , clonliffe college university college dublin maynooth college
james moriarty -lrb- bishop -rrb-

james moriarty , d.d. -lrb- born 13 august 1936 -rrb- , is the former bishop of the roman catholic diocese of kildare and leighlin .
he served as the ordinary of the diocese from 2002 until his resignation was accepted on 22 april 2010 .
he was born in county dublin , ireland and ordained a priest on 21 may 1961 , aged 24 , for the archdiocese of dublin .
moriarty was educated at catholic university school , holy cross college -lrb- clonliffe -rrb- , university college dublin and st patrick 's college , maynooth .
he served as chaplain in ucd from 1968 to 1979 .
on 26 june 1991 , he was appointed auxiliary bishop of dublin and titular bishop of `` bononia '' , and ordained bishop on 22 september 1991 .
the principal consecrator was cardinal desmond connell , archbishop of dublin and primate of ireland .
on 4 june 2002 , he was appointed bishop of kildare and leighlin by the holy see on 4 june 2002 and he was installed and took possession of the see at the cathedral church of the assumption of the blessed virgin mary , carlow on 31 august 2002 .
following his resignation , an interim period of three years lapsed before the installation in may of 2013 of the newly ordained bishop , denis nulty .
in november 2009 , he released a public statement expressing shock at the findings of the murphy report , which covered the abuse crisis within the archdiocese of dublin .
according to a report released on 17 december 2009 , he was expected to resign from his post following a similar resignation by the bishop of limerick , donal murray .
a few days later , bishop moriarty announced he had offered his resignation to the pope on 23 december 2009 , and which was accepted by the holy see on 22 april 2010 .
he is now the bishop emeritus of kildare .
