What is Kevin Farrell?
{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Kevin Joseph Farrell | title = Prefect of the [[Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life]] | image = Kevin Joseph Farrell 1.jpg | alt = | caption = Farrell in 2007 | church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = | diocese = | appointed = August 15, 2016 | enthroned = | predecessor = | successor = | other_post = {{unbulleted list|Cardinal Deacon of San Giuliano Martire (2016–present)|[[Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church]] (2019–present)}} | ordination = December 24, 1978 | ordained_by = [[Eduardo Francisco Pironio]] | consecration= February 11, 2002 | consecrated_by = [[Theodore Edgar McCarrick]] | cardinal = November 19, 2016 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = [[Cardinal deacon]] | birth_name = Kevin Joseph Farrell | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|9|2}} | birth_place = [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] | death_date = | death_place = | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington|Auxiliary Bishop of Washington]] (2001–2007)|[[Rusuccuru|Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru]] (2001–2007)|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas|Bishop of Dallas]] (2007–2016)}} | coat_of_arms = | motto = {{lang|la|State in fide}}<br />('Stand firm in the faith') }} '''Kevin Joseph Farrell''' KGCHS (born September 2, 1947) is an [[Irish Americans|Irish-American]] [[prelate]], a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] and the [[Camerlengo (Catholic Church)|Camerlengo]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. He was a former member of the [[Legion of Christ]]. Farrell was the seventh [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas|Bishop of Dallas]], as well as the [[chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of the [[University of Dallas]]. On September 1, 2016, he became the [[prefect]] of the [[Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life]]. He was created a cardinal on November 19, 2016, by [[Pope Francis]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theamericanconservat