John Murphy (bishop of Cork)
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ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Cork
In office21 February 1815 – 1 April 1847
PredecessorFrancis Moylan
John Murphy | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Cork | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Cork |
| In office | 21 February 1815 – 1 April 1847 |
| Predecessor | Francis Moylan |
| Successor | William Delany |
| Previous post | Coadjutor Bishop of Cork (1815) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 10 May 1795 |
| Consecration | 23 April 1815 by William Coppinger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 May 1772 |
| Died | 1 April 1847 (aged 74) Cork, County Cork, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
John Murphy (23 May 1772 in Shandon, Cork – 1 April 1847, in Cork) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the nineteenth century.[1]
Murphy commenced his priestly studies in Paris, leaving due to political unrest, he completed his studies at the Irish College at Lisbon he was ordained a priest in Lisbon on 10 May 1795.[2] He was, consecrated Coadjutor Bishop of Cork on 21 February 1815 and its Diocesan on 23 April that year.[3] He was a founding member of the Cork Savings Bank. He clashed with many groups during his episcopate before dying suddenly during the famine.[4] Bishop Murphy is buried in St. Mary's Cathedral, where he had been baptised and served in as bishop.
