John Murphy (bishop of Cork)

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.

References

^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
^ Catholic Hierarchy
^ Diocesan web site
^ Echo Live- the fascinating history of Cork’s bishops

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Francis Moylan	Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork 1815–1847	Succeeded by William Delany

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[HOCBC-1] Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

[2] Catholic Hierarchy

[3] Diocesan web site

[4] Echo Live- the fascinating history of Cork’s bishops

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