John Magee (Bishop)
John Magee SPS (born September 24, 1936 in Newry , Northern Ireland ) is Bishop Emeritus of Cloyne .
Life
Magee attended St. Colman's College in Newry, Northern Ireland. He joined the religious order of St. Patrick's Society for Foreign Missions (Kiltegan Fathers) in Kiltegan , County Wicklow . After studying philosophy at University College Cork and theology at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome , he was ordained a priest on March 17, 1962 . John Magee then served the mission in Nigeria for six years . After this time Magee was appointed procurator-general of his missionary order in Rome. In 1969 Magee was appointed secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome. From Pope Paul VI. Magee was chosen to be his private secretary. After the death of Paul VI. he was employed by the two subsequent Popes John Paul I and John Paul II as private secretary (together with Diego Lorenzi and Stanisław Dziwisz ).
On February 17, 1987, Magee was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland by Pope John Paul II. On March 17, 1987, Pope John Paul II himself donated his episcopal ordination ; Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Curia and later Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo and the Bishop of Dromore , Francis Brooks .
He was the Apostolic Administrator of Limerick from July 1994 to March 1996 . From 1992 to 1997 he was a member of the Congregation for Bishops . He was chairman of the Commission on the Liturgy of the Irish Bishops' Conference .
On March 7, 2009, Magee was released from office because of the poor handling in his diocese of allegations of child sexual abuse by Catholic dignitaries, whereupon Dermot Clifford by Pope Benedict XVI. was appointed Apostolic Administrator sede plena by Cloyne.
Magees resignation due to reasons of age gave Pope Benedict XVI. on March 24, 2010.
Web links
- Entry for John Magee on catholic-hierarchy.org
- John Magee biography
- RTE: John Magee 'ashamed' by abuse in Cloyne (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Virgilio Noè |
Master of ceremonies for the liturgical celebrations of the Pope 1982–1987 |
Piero Marini |
| John Ahern |
Bishop of Cloyne 1987-2010 |
William Crean |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magee, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish Roman Catholic Bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newry , Northern Ireland |