Honorific-Prefix: | His Most Reverend, Dr. |
John McCormack | |
Bishop of Meath | |
Diocese: | Meath |
Archdiocese: | Armagh |
Predecessor: | John Anthony Kyne |
Successor: | Michael Smith |
Ordination: | 23 June 1946 |
Consecration: | 10 March 1968 |
Consecrated By: | William Conway |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1921 |
Birth Place: | Moynalty, Ireland |
Buried: | Cathedral grounds, Mullingar |
Nationality: | Irish |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
John McCormack | |
Dipstyle: | The Most Reverend |
Offstyle: | Your Grace |
Relstyle: | Bishop |
John McCormack (25 March 1921 – 21 September 1996)[1] was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, Ireland from 1968 to 1990.
McCormack was born in Moynalty, County Meath on the 25 March 1921.[2] He was ordained a priest of the Cathedral Parish of Mullingar, in County Westmeath on 23 June 1946. He went to Rome to Study in the Lateran University shortly afterwards and was awarded a degree in canon law.[3]
Following the death of John Anthony Kyne in 1968, Pope Paul VI named him as the Bishop of Meath. On 10 March 1968 he was consecrated as a bishop in the Cathedral of Christ the King, in Mullingar County Westmeath by William Cardinal Conway.[1]
McCormack retired as Bishop of Meath on 16 May 1990[1] and was succeeded by Michael Smith. He died on 21 September 1996.[3]