John McCormack (bishop)

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ArchdioceseArmagh
DioceseMeath
SuccessorMichael Smith
His Most Reverend, Dr.

John McCormack
Bishop of Meath
ArchdioceseArmagh
DioceseMeath
PredecessorJohn Anthony Kyne
SuccessorMichael Smith
Orders
Ordination23 June 1946
Consecration10 March 1968
by William Conway
Personal details
Born(1921-03-25)25 March 1921
Moynalty, Ireland
Died21 September 1996(1996-09-21) (aged 75)
BuriedCathedral grounds, Mullingar
NationalityIrish
DenominationRoman Catholic
Styles of
John McCormack
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace
Religious styleBishop

John McCormack (25 March 1921 – 21 September 1996)[1] was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, Ireland from 1968 to 1990.

McCormack was born in Moynalty, County Meath on the 25 March 1921.[2] He was ordained a priest of the Cathedral Parish of Mullingar, in County Westmeath on 23 June 1946. He went to Rome to Study in the Lateran University shortly afterwards and was awarded a degree in canon law.[1][3]

Episcopal ministry

Following the death of John Anthony Kyne in 1968, Pope Paul VI named him as the Bishop of Meath. On 10 March 1968 he was consecrated as a bishop in the Cathedral of Christ the King, in Mullingar County Westmeath by William Cardinal Conway.[1]

Retirement and death

References

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