Marcos G. McGrath

The Most Reverend

Marcos G. McGrath

Archbishop of Panama
Native name
Mark Gregory McGrath
ChurchCatholic
ArchdiocesePanama
SeeCaeciri
Appointed17 August 1961
PredecessorTomas Alberto Clavel Méndez
SuccessorJosé Dimas Cedeño Delgado
Other post(s)Dean of Theology, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Auxiliary Bishop of Panama
Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas
Orders
Ordination11 June 1949
by José María Preciado y Nieva
Consecration17 August 1961
by Francisco Beckmann
Personal details
Born
Mark Gregory McGrath

10 February 1924
Died4 August 2000
Panama City, Panama
NationalityPanamanian-American
Alma materLa Salle Military Academy
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
University of Notre Dame
Catholic University of America
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Mark Gregory "Marcos Gregorio" McGrath, CSC (10 February 1924 – 4 August 2000), was an American-Panamanian Catholic prelate and priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Panamá and was a Council Father of the Second Vatican Council. He advocated for the return of the Panama Canal Zone to Panama and opposed the regime of Manuel Noriega.