George Vance Murry
George Vance Murry SJ (born December 28, 1948 in Camden , New Jersey , † June 5, 2020 in New York City ) was an American religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Youngstown .
Life
George V. Murry, convert the African Methodist Episcopal Church , joined in 1972 the Congregation of the Jesuits at and received by his theological training on 9 June 1979, the priestly ordination . He studied at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California, and received his PhD in American cultural history from George Washington University in Washington, DC . He served in administrative roles at two high schools in Washington, DC, as well as a professor of American studies at Georgetown University and as vice president of academic affairs at the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit , Michigan .
Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in Chicago and titular bishop of Fuerteventura on January 24, 1995 . The episcopal ordination donated him the Archbishop of Chicago, Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin , on March 20 of the same year; Co-consecrators were Alfred Leo Abramowicz , auxiliary bishop in Chicago, and Timothy Joseph Lyne , auxiliary bishop emeritus in Chicago. He chose Christ my Light as his motto .
On May 5, 1998, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands . With the resignation of Elliot Griffin Thomas on June 29, 1999 he succeeded him as Bishop of Saint Thomas. On January 30, 2007 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI. was appointed Bishop of Youngstown and inducted into office on March 28 of that year.
Murry died at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York in early June 2020 at the age of 72 of complications from leukemia diagnosed in April 2018 .
Web links
- Entry for George Vance Murry on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on George Vance Murry on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual proof
- ↑ "Bishop Murry of Youngstown dies after stepping down due to leukemia" on catholicnewsagency.com from June 5, 2020, accessed on June 6, 2020 (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Elliot Griffin Thomas |
Bishop of Saint Thomas 1999–2007 |
Herbert Armstrong Bevard |
| Thomas Joseph Tobin |
Bishop of Youngstown 2007-2020 |
Sedis vacancy |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Murry, George Vance |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Murry, George V. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American religious, Roman Catholic Bishop of Youngstown |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Camden , New Jersey, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th June 2020 |
| Place of death | New York City , United States |