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]

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  2. ^ "The fascinating history of Cork's bishops". EchoLive.ie. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ Diocese of Cork and Ross
  4. ^ Walsh, Fr. J. C.: Farranferris: The Heritage of St Finbarr 1887-1987. Tower Books, Cork 1987.
  5. ^ 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.