Kevin Peter Doran (born 26 June 1953) is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate, bioethicist and theologian who has served as Bishop of Elphin since 2014.

[2] Following ordination, Doran received his first diocesan assignment as catechist and chaplain at Ringsend Technical Institute, during which time he also completed a higher diploma in education at University College Dublin.

He subsequently served as an advisor for VEC schools in the diocesan secretariat for education, and as an occasional lecturer in midwifery ethics at the Coombe Women's Hospital.

[2][3] Doran returned to the Archdiocese of Dublin in 1995, where he received his first pastoral assignment as curate in Our Lady of Perpetual Succour parish, Foxrock.

[9][10] Speaking at Knock Shrine on 21 August 2022, Doran stated that even though “there are some who quite comfortably think of themselves as worthy, while judging others to be unworthy", the Eucharist should be made available to all who wish to receive it.

McAleese also congratulated Doran for his integrity in publishing that focus group report in its entirety, as agreed with its participants, and for ensuring it would go to Rome as written, describing his actions as "courageous in the extreme".

[21][22] The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, described Doran's choice of words as "an unfortunate phrase" and hoped that offence had not been caused.

In there a case of an immediate risk to the life of a pregnant woman, the health professional has a "duty to ensure that another colleague takes over the care of the patient as per current medical ethics'.

[28] At an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the papal encyclical Humanae vitae in August 2018, Doran claimed "the fact that [women who use contraception] are less likely to become pregnant also takes away from women one of the principle motives or freedoms for saying no to unwanted sex", stating that "there is a very direct connection between the contraceptive mentality and the surprisingly high number of people who seem ready to redefine marriage today as a relationship between two people without distinction as to sex".

"In an article for The Irish Catholic in January 2021, Doran warned that lives would be lost if significant numbers refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

[32][33] In July 2021, Doran defied government advice by advising priests in the Diocese of Elphin to proceed with celebrating the sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation.

This prompted a response from the then-Taoiseach, Michéal Martin, who questioned whether it was "too much to ask" for adherence to public health advice, adding that he didn't "approve of any unilateral breaching of regulations no matter what quarter they come from".

[35] Doran was reported to have had his Twitter account temporarily restricted on 22 February 2021, after he Tweeted on 31 January his opposition to efforts to legalise assisted suicide in Ireland.