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Catholic archbishop
John Aloysius Murphy
(21 December 1905 ? 18 November 1995) was a
Roman Catholic Church
prelate
who served firstly as the
Bishop of Shrewsbury
from 1949 to 1961, then as the
Archbishop of Cardiff
from 1961 to 1983.
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He was born in
Birkenhead
on the
Wirral Peninsula
on 21 December 1905, and
ordained
a
priest
for the
Diocese of Shrewsbury
on 21 March 1931. He was appointed
Coadjutor Bishop
of Shrewsbury and
Titular Bishop
of
Appia
on 7 February 1948. His
consecration
to the
Episcopate
took place on 25 February 1948, the principal
consecrator
was Cardinal
William Godfrey
, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were
John Edward Petit
,
Bishop of Menevia
and
Henry Vincent Marshall
,
Bishop of Salford
. On the death of
Ambrose James Moriarty
on 3 June 1949, Murphy automatically succeeded as
Bishop of Shrewsbury
. Twelve years later, he was appointed
Archbishop of Cardiff
.
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Murphy adjusted to the ecumenical climate of Vatican II, for example by accompanying the Abbot of Caldey on a visit to the Llandaff residence of Bishop Glyn Simon, who subsequently as Archbishop of Wales spoke at the Installation (1969) of the Catholic Lord Mayor, Sir Lincoln Hallinan,
He retired on 25 March 1983 and assumed the title Archbishop
emeritus
of Cardiff. He died on 18 November 1995, aged 89.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury
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- Churches
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Birkenhead
- St Werburgh, Birkenhead
- St Columba, Chester
- St Francis, Chester
- St Werburgh, Chester
- St Mary, Congleton
- St Mary, Crewe
- St Mary of the Angels, Hooton
- St Alban, Macclesfield
- St Mary, Madeley
- St Cuthbert by the Forest, Mouldsworth
- St Peter and St Paul, New Brighton
- St Peter and St Paul, Newport
- St Anne, Rock Ferry
- St Winefride, Sandbach
- Our Lady and the Apostles, Stockport
- St Joseph, Stockport
- English Martyrs, Wallasey
- Our Lady Star of the Sea, Wallasey
- St Alban, Wallasey
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- Patronal Feasts of the Diocese
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff
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- Churches
- Our Lady and St Michael, Abergavenny
- St Alban-on-the-Moors, Cardiff
- St Joseph, Cardiff
- St Mary of the Angels, Cardiff
- St Patrick, Cardiff
- St Peter, Cardiff
- St Francis Xavier, Hereford
- St Mary and St Michael, Llanarth
- St Mary, Monmouth
- St Michael, Newport
- St Patrick, Newport
- St Dyfrig, Treforest
- St David Lewis and St Francis Xavier, Usk
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- Patronal Feast of the Diocese
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- Schools
- St Richard Gwyn High School, Barry
- Archbishop McGrath High School, Bridgend
- Corpus Christi High School, Cardiff
- St David's Sixth Form College, Cardiff
- St Illtyd's High School, Cardiff
- St John's College, Cardiff
- St Mary's High School, Lugwardine
- Bishop Hedley High School, Merthyr Tydfil
- St John's High School, Newport
- St Alban's High School, Pontypool
- Cardinal Newman School, Rhydyfelin
- Mary Immaculate High School, Wenvoe
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