Norman Francis McFarland
Norman Francis McFarland (born February 21, 1922 in Martinez , California , USA , † April 16, 2010 in Orange , California, USA) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange in California .
Life
Norman Francis McFarland, the eldest of three sons of a railroad worker, studied at St. Joseph's College in Mountain View and St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park . He was ordained a priest on June 15, 1946 and served as a pastor. He graduated from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and received a doctorate in canon law . McFarland worked for the diocesan administration in the Archdiocese of San Francisco .
Pope Paul VI appointed him titular bishop of Bida and auxiliary bishop in San Francisco in 1970 . The episcopal ordination received his Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken on September 8, 1970. co-consecrators were the bishop of Fresno , Hugh Aloysius Donohoe , and the bishop of Stockton , Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle . His motto was "In veritate ambulare".
On December 6, 1974, he was appointed Apostolic Administrator in Reno, Nevada , and on February 10, 1976, he was appointed Bishop of Reno, and from October of the same year of Reno-Las Vegas. McFarland managed to discharge the heavily indebted diocese and to secure the charitable commitments with rigid financial management.
Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of Orange, California, on December 29, 1986 . The inauguration took place on February 24 of the following year. His age-related resignation was granted on June 30, 1998.
McFarland died of cardiac arrest on April 16, 2010 at his Orange home . He was buried in the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange.
Bishop McFarland was nicknamed the "Big Mac" because of his height (1.95 m) and weight (109 kg).
Web links
- Entry for Norman Francis McFarland on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Norman McFarland dies at 88; second bishop of Orange County's Roman Catholic diocese , LA TIMES, April 17, 2010 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b "Norman McFarland dies at 88; second bishop of Orange County's Roman Catholic diocese". Article in the Los Angeles Times on April 17, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^ Entry on Bishop Norman Francis McFarland. Find a grave . Retrieved June 3, 2014.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| William Robert Johnson |
Bishop of Orange in California 1986–1998 |
Death of David Brown |
| Michael Joseph Green |
Bishop of Reno 1976–1986 |
Daniel Francis Walsh |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McFarland, Norman Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, Bishop of Orange in California |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Martinez , California , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 2010 |
| Place of death | Orange , California, USA |