Michael Murphy (bishop) explained

Michael Murphy (b. Kilmichael, County Cork 18 February 1924; d. Cork 7 October 1996) was an Irish Catholic bishop in the last quarter of the 20th Century.^[1]

Before becoming a priest Murphy was a member of the team that won the 1941 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship.^[2] Murphy was ordained priest on 19 June 1949.^[3] He served in Peru then as head teacher of St Finbarr's College, Farranferris.^[4] He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Cork and Ross on 1 April 1976 and was consecrated its diocesan on 23 August 1980. He died in post sixteen years later.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmurphymi.html Catholic Hierarchy
2. News: The fascinating history of Cork’s bishops . EchoLive.ie . 28 June 2019 . 10 July 2021 .
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20090417225635/http://www.corkandross.org/bishopsHistorical.jsp Diocese of Cork and Ross
4. Walsh, Fr. J. C.: Farranferris: The Heritage of St Finbarr 1887-1987. Tower Books, Cork 1987.
5. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . Third . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 385–386.