Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy Explained

Type:Bishop
Most Reverend
Daniel T. Murphy, OSA, DD
Bishop of Chulucanas
Church:Roman Catholic Church
See:Chulucanas
Term:October 28, 2000 - April 2, 2020
Successor:Incumbent
Ordination:December 21, 1968
Consecration:August 17, 1996
Consecrated By:Fortunato Baldelli and Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor
Birth Date:25 January 1943
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy (born January 25, 1943) is an American born bishop in the Catholic Church and is the bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Chulucanas in the Piura Region of Peru, serving from 2000 until April 2nd, 2020.

Biography

Daniel Turley was born in Chicago, Illinois and professed religious vows in the Order of St. Augustine September 4, 1961. He was ordained a Catholic priest on December 21, 1968. On May 25, 1996 Pope John Paul II named Turley as the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Chulucanas. He was ordained a bishop on August 17, 1996, by Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, OSA of Chulucanas. The co-consecrators were Archbishop Fortunato Baldelli the Apostolic Nuncio to Peru and Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor of Piura. He succeeded to the See of Chulucanas upon the resignation of Bishop McNabb on October 28, 2000.[1]

He was elected to the Permanent Council of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Villanova University.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy profile. catholic-hierarchy.org. 2010-05-18.
  2. Web site: Augustinian Achievers. midwestaugustinians.org. 2010-05-18.