# Daniel Mullins

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'''Daniel Joseph Mullins''' (10 July 1929 – 1 November 2019) was a [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church) [prelate](/source/prelate) who served as the [Bishop of Menevia](/source/Bishop_of_Menevia) from 1987 to 2001.<ref name=bmullins>{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bmullins|Bishop Daniel Joseph Mullins|29 June 2011}}</ref>

==Biography==
Born in [Kilfinane](/source/Kilfinane), [County Limerick](/source/County_Limerick), Ireland, on 10 July 1929, he was [ordained](/source/Holy_Orders) to the [priesthood](/source/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church)) on 12 April 1953. He was educated in [Mount Melleray Abbey](/source/Mount_Melleray_Abbey), Waterford, and then [St Mary's College, Aberystwyth](/source/St_Mary's_College%2C_Aberystwyth), where he also learnt Welsh - a rare talent for Catholic priests in Wales-, and also [University College Cardiff](/source/University_College_Cardiff). He gained a double First-class BA honours degree in Welsh. He studied for the priesthood at St. Mary's Oscott in Birmingham.
He was appointed an [auxiliary bishop](/source/auxiliary_bishop) of [Cardiff](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Cardiff) and [Titular Bishop](/source/Titular_Bishop) of ''[Sidnacestre](/source/Sidnacestre)'' on 5 February 1970 having previously been mistakenly assigned the already occupied title of Glastonbury. His [consecration](/source/consecration) to the [Episcopate](/source/Episcopal_polity) took place on 1 April 1970, the principal [consecrator](/source/consecrator) was Archbishop [John Murphy](/source/John_Aloysius_Murphy) of Cardiff, and the principal co-consecrators were Archbishop [George Dwyer](/source/George_Patrick_Dwyer) of Birmingham and Bishop [John Petit](/source/John_Edward_Petit) of Menevia. He was appointed the [Bishop](/source/Bishop_(Catholic_Church)) of [Menevia](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Menevia) on 12 February 1987.<ref name=bmullins/> He resigned on 12 June 2001 and assumed the title Bishop [Emeritus](/source/Emeritus) of Menevia.<ref name=bmullins/>

He died on 1 November 2019, at the age of 90, in [Whitland](/source/Whitland), [Wales](/source/Wales).<ref>{{cite web |title=Bishop Daniel J. Mullins R.I.P. |url=https://rcadc.org/bishop-daniel-j-mullins-r-i-p/ |website=Archdiocese of Cardiff |accessdate=6 November 2019 |date=6 November 2019}}</ref>

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==External links==
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