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John McCarthy (Australian bishop)

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John McCarthy
Bishop of Sandhurst
McCarthy (right) with archbishops Patrick Clune (Perth) and Daniel Mannix (Melbourne) on their return from the 1926 Chicago Eucharistic Conference
McCarthy (right) with archbishops Patrick Clune (Perth) and Daniel Mannix (Melbourne) on their return from the 1926 Chicago Eucharistic Conference
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Sandhurst
In office 14 February 1917 – 18 August 1950
Predecessor Stephen Reville
Successor Bernard Denis Stewart
Orders
Ordination 15 August 1883
by John McEvilly
Consecration 7 June 1917
by Daniel Mannix
Personal details
Born 1 November 1858
Formoyle (southeast of Murroogh), County Clare, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died 15 August 1950 (aged 91)
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, British Empire

John McCarthy DD (1 November 1858 – 18 August 1950) was an Irish-born Roman Catholic priest who served as Bishop of Sandhurst in Victoria, Australia, from 1917 until his death in 1950. John McCarthy was born in Fermoyle, Co. Clare, educated at Ballyvaughan and St Flannan's College, the Killaloe diocesan college, in Ennis before going to the Irish College in Paris from 1877 until 1883, studying theology and philosophy, he was ordained a priest in 1883.[1] He served as a priest in Galway, Ireland, before 1890 when he moved to Melbourne, Australia. He served in the Woodend and St Kilda parishes before becoming private secretary to Archbishop Carr.[2]

In 1917 he was ordained Bishop of Sandhurst, succeeding another Irish-born bishop Dr. Stephen Reville. In 1933 he celebrated his golden jubilee as a priest.[3]

He died at the Bishop's House, St Kilian's, Bendigo, in 1950.

References

  1. Back to citation Bishop John McCarthy Catholic Hierarchy
  2. Back to citation Past Bishops - John McCarthy Sandhurst Diocese
  3. Back to citation 'Bishop McCarhtys Golden Jubilee' Southern Cross (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1954) Fri 12 May 1933.