Fr Gerard Deighan is a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin, curate at St Kevin’s, Harrington St, and diocesan chaplain for the faithful devoted to the extraordinary form of the Roman rite. He read Classics at University College Dublin, and after theological studies at Holy Cross College, the diocesan seminary, he obtained the licentiate in Sacred Scripture, and the candidature for the Doctorate, at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome. He has taught at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute San’Anselmo and the Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, and currently lectures at the Mater Dei Institute. His principal area of research is the Vetus Latina of Samuel-Kings. He is a past president of the Irish Biblical Association (2008-2011).