William Murphy (Bishop)
William Murphy (born June 6, 1936 in Annaghmore , County Armagh , Northern Ireland ) is an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman and Bishop Emeritus of Kerry .
Life
He attended Ratheen National School and St. Brendan's College in Killarney . He then studied in Maynooth and prepared to become a priest there. He was ordained a priest on June 18, 1961 . Murphy taught for six years at St. Colman's College in Newry and studied catechetics at the Center International d'Études de la Formation Religieuse "Lumen Vitae" in Brussels and at Fordham University in New York City , where he received his Master of Arts in religious education in 1969 received. Murphy then worked for one year in the Diocese of Kerry as a diocesan advisor for religious education in elementary schools and then went to Rome for three years, where he attended the Pontifical Gregorian University and obtained his doctor of theology ( Doctor of Divinity ) in 1973 .
For the next five years, Murphy worked with the Primary Catechetical Commission to prepare the Children of God series, an elementary school catechetical program. In the late 1970s, Murphy taught theology for a year at the Institute for Religious Education in Mount Oliver, Dundalk, and then returned to the Diocese of Kerry in 1979, where he became diocesan director for religious education in secondary schools and coordinator of adult religious education in the diocese .
He was the first director of the John Paul II Pastoral Center in Killarney. In September 1987 he became curate of the parish of Killarney, and in 1988 its parish administrator . When Bishop Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin died in August 1994, Murphy was appointed diocesan administrator of the diocese.
On June 17, 1995, Pope John Paul II named Murphy Bishop of Kerry. On September 10, 1995, he received episcopal ordination by the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly , Dermot Clifford ; Co- consecrators were the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, Emanuele Gerada , and the Bishop of Cork and Ross , Michael Murphy .
On May 2, 2013, Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation.
Web links
- Website of the Diocese of Kerry
- Entry on William Murphy on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved February 19, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin |
Bishop of Kerry 1995-2013 |
Raymond Browne |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Murphy, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish Roman Catholic Clergyman and Bishop Emeritus of Kerry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Annaghmore , County Armagh, Northern Ireland |