Michael Murphy (bishop)

Michael Murphy (b. Kilmichael, County Cork 18 February 1924; d. Cork 7 October 1996) was an Irish Catholic bishop in the last quarter of the 20th Century.^[1]

Before becoming a priest Murphy was a member of the team that won the 1941 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship.^[2] Murphy was ordained priest on 19 June 1949.^[3] He served in Peru then as head teacher of St Finbarr's College, Farranferris.^[4] He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Cork and Ross on 1 April 1976 and was consecrated its diocesan on 23 August 1980. He died in post sixteen years later.^[5]

References

^ Catholic Hierarchy
^ "The fascinating history of Cork's bishops". EchoLive.ie. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ Diocese of Cork and Ross
^ Walsh, Fr. J. C.: Farranferris: The Heritage of St Finbarr 1887-1987. Tower Books, Cork 1987.
^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 385–386. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Cornelius Lucey	Bishop of Kilmore 1980–1996	Succeeded by John Buckley

v t e Cork – 1941 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Champions (5th title)
1 T. Mulcahy 2 J. Murphy 3 J. Looney 4 D. Lyons 5 T. Aherne 6 M. Murphy 7 C. O'Flaherty 8 P. Hill 9 S. Condon (c) 10 D. Twomey 11 M. Kennefick 12 P. O'Leary 13 D. McCarthy 14 J. Morrison 15 J. Kelly Subs not used C. Twomey T. Barry M. Fouhy T. Scannell J. O'Sullivan Selectors J. Neenan P. Coughlan P. O'Connell P. Sisk M. Cotter

Roman Catholic bishops of Cork or Cloyne or of Ross

1540-1693

Cork and Cloyne	Lewis Macnamara John O'Heyne Dominic Tirrey Roger Skiddy Nicholas Landes Edmund Tanner Dermot McCraghe James Miagh Robert Miagh William Tirry Robert Barry Peter Creagh
Ross	Maurice O'Hea Thomas O'Herlahy Bonaventura Naughton Eugene Egan Florence MacCarthy Robert Barry Boetius MacEgan Eugene Egan

1693-1747

Cork and Cloyne^†	John Sleyne Donagh MacCarthy Thaddeus McCarthy

1747-1850

Cork	Richard Walsh John Butler Francis Moylan John Murphy William Delany
Cloyne and Ross	John O'Brien Matthew McKenna William Coppinger Michael Collins Bartholomew Crotty David Walsh Timothy Murphy

1850-1958

Cork	William Delany Thomas Alphonsus O'Callaghan Daniel Cohalan Cornelius Lucey
Cloyne	Timothy Murphy William Keane John McCarthy Robert Browne James Roche John Ahern
Ross	William Keane Micheal O'Hea William Fitzgerald Denis Kelly James Roche Patrick Casey Denis Moynihan Cornelius Lucey

1958-present

Cloyne	John Ahern John Magee William Crean
Cork and Ross	Cornelius Lucey Michael Murphy John Buckley Fintan Gavin

^†During this period the bishops were also apostolic administrators of Ross

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