Andrew Joseph McDonald
Andrew Joseph McDonald (born October 24, 1923 in Savannah , Georgia , † April 1, 2014 in Palatine , Illinois ) was Bishop of Little Rock .
Life
Andrew Joseph McDonald, the eleventh of twelve children, entered St. Charles College's Minor Seminary in Catonsville, Maryland, at the age of 13 . After studying at St. Mary Seminary in Baltimore, he was ordained a priest on May 8, 1948 by the Bishop of Charleston, Emmet Michael Walsh . After studying canon law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC , he was in 1951 at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome to Dr. iur. can. PhD. He worked in the diocese of Savannah-Atlanta , among other things as vicar general . 1956 he was by Pope Pius XII. appointed monsignor ; by Pope John XXIII. In 1959, he was appointed papal honorary prelate.
Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Little Rock on July 4, 1972. The Archbishop of Louisville , Thomas Joseph McDonough , ordained him episcopal on September 5 of that year ; Co- consecrators were Philip Hannan , Archbishop of New Orleans , and Gerard Louis Frey , Bishop of Savannah. The inauguration took place two days later.
On January 4, 2000, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation. From 2002 to 2013 he was chaplain of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor .
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .
Web links
- Entry on Andrew Joseph McDonald on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- Bishop McDonald, shepherd for 28 years, this April 1
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Lewis Fletcher |
Bishop of Little Rock 1972-2000 |
James Peter Sartain |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McDonald, Andrew Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Savannah , Georgia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 2014 |
| Place of death | Palatine , Illinois |