His Excellency, The Most Reverend William Francis Murphy |
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Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre | |
Church | Roman Catholicism |
Archdiocese | New York |
Diocese | Rockville Centre |
Appointed | June 26, 2001 |
Installed | September 5, 2001 |
Term ended | January 31, 2017 |
Predecessor | James T. McHugh |
Successor | John Barres |
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Ordination | December 16, 1964 by Francis Frederick Reh |
Consecration | December 27, 1995 by Bernard Law, William Wakefield Baum, and Alfred Clifton Hughes |
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Born |
Boston, Massachusetts |
May 14, 1940
Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Boston |
Motto | NO OTHER NAME |
Styles of William Francis Murphy |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Ordination history of William Murphy |
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Episcopal consecration
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Consecrated by | Bernard Law (Boston) |
Date of consecration | December 27, 1995 |
Episcopal succession | |
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Bishops consecrated by William Murphy as principal consecrator
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Paul Henry Walsh | May 29, 2003 |
Peter Anthony Libasci | June 1, 2007 |
Nelson J. Perez | July 25, 2012 |
Robert J. Brennan | July 25, 2012 |
Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski | March 25, 2014 |
William Francis Murphy (born May 14, 1940) became the fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, USA in 2001. His retirement, mandated by canon law at age 75, was announced on December 9, 2016. Murphy's successor, is Bishop John Barres. who previously served as Bishop of Allentown, PA.
Prepared at Boston Latin School for Harvard College, he attended Saint John's Seminary receiving his BA in 1961. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City on December 16, 1964. He was sent to Rome to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University receiving S.T.L. degree in 1965 and an S.T.D., in 1974. He was called to the Roman Curia to serve as Under-Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 1980–1987, having worked as an official in Justice and Peace from 1974. At the same time he served as lecturer in theology, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas from 1976 until 1980, while also serving as a lecturer in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University from 1972 to 1974. He was named Chaplain of His Holiness in 1979.