Kevin Joseph Farrell (born September 2, 1947) is an Irish American prelate and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he was a former member of the Legion of Christ. On September 1, 2016 he was appointed the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. Created a Cardinal on November 19, 2016, he was the seventh Bishop of Dallas, as well as the chancellor of the University of Dallas. Farrell came to prominence in Ireland when he banned Mary McAleese, a former President of Ireland, from addressing a conference in Vatican City on "International Women’s Day" about women in the Catholic Church. In July 2018, revelations that Farrell's mentor and former Archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarrick was guilty of abusing many young seminarians and priests over several decades brought calls in countless American publications for Farrell to clarify whether he knew of the allegations and did nothing. McCarrick consecrated Farrell to the episcopacy in 2001 and Farrell served as an auxiliary bishop under McCarrick in the Archdiocese of Washington through 2006 before Farrell was transferred to Dallas.On February 14, 2019, Pope Francis named Farrell Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church. In June 2019, Farrell admitted to receiving $29,000 from disgraced Bishop Michael J. Bransfield to refurbish his Rome apartment.