William Francis Murphy (Bishop, 1885)
William Francis Murphy (born May 11, 1885 in Kalamazoo , Michigan , † February 7, 1950 ) was a Roman Catholic bishop .
Life
Murphy attended the Lefevre Institute in Kalamazoo and St. Jerome College and Assumption College in Ontario , Canada . Then he went to the Pontifical North America College in Rome . There he received in the June 13, 1908 Lateran Basilica , the ordination . After returning to the United States , he worked in the Archdiocese of Detroit .
Pope Pius XI appointed Murphy on March 17, 1938 as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Saginaw . He was ordained episcopal on May 17 of the same year by the Archbishop of Detroit, Edward Aloysius Mooney . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Buffalo , John Aloysius Duffy , and the Bishop of Marquette , Joseph Casimir Plagens .
Web links
- Biography on the website of the diocese ( Memento from January 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Entry for William Francis Murphy on catholic-hierarchy.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| --- |
Bishop of Saginaw 1938–1950 |
Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Murphy, William Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic Bishop of Saginaw |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalamazoo , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1950 |