Joseph Cardinal MacRory | |
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Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland | |
See | Armagh |
Installed | 1928 |
Term ended | 1945 |
Predecessor | Patrick Cardinal O'Donnell |
Successor | John Cardinal D'Alton |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Down and Connor 1915–1928 |
Orders | |
Ordination | 13 September 1885 (Priest) |
Consecration | 14 November 1915 (Bishop) |
Created cardinal | 16 December 1929 |
Rank | Cardinal priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 March 1861 Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Ireland |
Died | 13 October 1945 Armagh, Northern Ireland | (aged 84)
Buried | St Patrick's Cathedral Cemetery, Armagh |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Parents | Francis MacRory and Rose Montague |
Motto | Fortis in Fide |
Joseph Cardinal MacRory (Irish: Seosamh Mac Ruairí; 19 March 1861 – 13 October 1945) was an Irish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Armagh from 1928 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1929.[1] He is regarded as the leading Catholic churchman in Ireland during the period spanning the 1916 Rising, Partition, and the Second World War.[2]