Henry Murphy | |
Consecrated By: | Albert Levame |
Honorific Suffix: | SThD |
Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Alma Mater: | St Patrick's College Maynooth |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Birth Place: | Ardpatrick, Ireland |
Birth Date: | 19 May 1912 |
Consecration: | 31 August 1958 |
Bishop of Limerick | |
Ordained By: | David Keane |
Ordination: | 21 June 1936 |
Predecessor: | Patrick O'Neill |
Term Start: | 31 August 1958 |
Appointed: | 01 July 1958 |
Diocese: | Limerick |
Church: | Roman Catholic |
Previous Post: | Staff of at St Munchin's College |
Henry Murphy (19 May 1912, in Ardpatrick – 8 October 1973, in Limerick) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop.[1]
Murphy was educated at St Munchin's College and St Patrick's College, Maynooth. He was ordained priest on 21 June 1936.[2] He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD). He was on the staff at St Munchins from 1938 until his consecration as Bishop of Limerick on 31 August 1958.[3] He served as Secretary of the Irish Episcopal Conference and he attended all the sessions of the Second Vatican Council. He died in post.[4] He is buried in Mount Lawrenc Cemetery, Limerick.[5]