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.