John Murphy (bishop of Cork)
Thomas Alphonsus O’Callaghan DD (b Shandon, Cork 23 May 1772; d Cork 1 April 1847) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the nineteenth century.[1]
Murphy was ordained a priest on 10 May 1795.[2] He was consecrated Coadjutor Bishop of Cork on 21 February 1815 and its Diocesan on 23 April that year.[3] He clashed with many groups during his episcopate before dying suddenly during the famine.[4]
References[]
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Diocesan web site
- ^ Echo Live- the fascinating history of Cork’s bishops
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