The Most Reverend Thomas Joseph Murphy | |
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Archbishop of Seattle | |
See | Seattle |
Installed | August 21, 1991 |
Term ended | June 26, 1997 |
Predecessor | Raymond Hunthausen |
Successor | Alexander Joseph Brunett |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Great Falls-Billings (1978–1987) Coadjutor Archbishop of Seattle (1987–1991) |
Orders | |
Ordination | April 12, 1958 |
Consecration | August 21, 1978 |
Personal details | |
Born | October 3, 1932 |
Died | June 26, 1997 Seattle, Washington | (aged 64)
Buried | St. James Cathedral Seattle, Washington |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Residence | Connolly House First Hill, Seattle |
Thomas Joseph Murphy (October 3, 1932 – June 26, 1997) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings in Montana from 1978 to 1987, as coadjutor archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State from 1987 to 1991, and as archbishop of Seattle from 1991 until 1997.[1]