# Michael Murphy (bishop) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michael_Murphy_(bishop) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michael_Murphy_(bishop).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Murphy_(bishop) > Source revision: 1347803656 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Irish Catholic bishop **Michael Murphy** (b. [Kilmichael, County Cork](/source/Kilmichael%2C_County_Cork) 18 February 1924; d. [Cork](/source/Cork_(city)) 7 October 1996) was an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) [Catholic](/source/Catholic) [bishop](/source/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](/source/1941_All-Ireland_Minor_Hurling_Championship).[2] Murphy was ordained priest on 19 June 1949.[3] He served in [Peru](/source/Peru) then as head teacher of [St Finbarr's College, Farranferris](/source/St_Finbarr's_College%2C_Farranferris).[4] He was appointed [Coadjutor Bishop](/source/Coadjutor_Bishop) [of Cork and Ross](/source/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] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Catholic Hierarchy](https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmurphymi.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The fascinating history of Cork's bishops"](https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40147868.html). EchoLive.ie. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Diocese of Cork and Ross](https://web.archive.org/web/20090417225635/http://www.corkandross.org/bishopsHistorical.jsp) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-walsh_4-0)** Walsh, Fr. J. C.: Farranferris: The Heritage of St Finbarr 1887-1987. Tower Books, Cork 1987. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-HBOBC_5-0)** Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). *Handbook of British Chronology* (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 385–386. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-521-56350-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-56350-X). Catholic Church titles Preceded by Cornelius Lucey Bishop of Kilmore 1980–1996 Succeeded by John Buckley v t e Cork – 1941 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Champions (5th title) 1 T. Mulcahy 2 J. Murphy 3 J. Looney 4 D. Lyons 5 T. Aherne 6 M. Murphy 7 C. O'Flaherty 8 P. Hill 9 S. Condon (c) 10 D. Twomey 11 M. Kenefick 12 P. O'Leary 13 D. McCarthy 14 J. Morrison 15 J. Kelly Subs not used C. Twomey T. Barry M. Fouhy T. Scannell J. O'Sullivan Selectors J. Neenan P. Coughlan P. O'Connell P. Sisk M. Cotter v t e Roman Catholic bishops of Cork or Cloyne or of Ross 1540–1693 Cork and Cloyne Lewis Macnamara John O'Heyne Dominic Tirrey Roger Skiddy Nicholas Landes Edmund Tanner Dermot McCraghe James Miagh Robert Miagh William Tirry Robert Barry Peter Creagh Ross Maurice O'Hea Thomas O'Herlahy Bonaventura Naughton Eugene Egan Florence MacCarthy Robert Barry Boetius MacEgan Eugene Egan 1693–1747 Cork and Cloyne† John Sleyne Donagh MacCarthy Thaddeus McCarthy 1747–1850 Cork Richard Walsh John Butler Francis Moylan John Murphy William Delany Cloyne and Ross John O'Brien Matthew McKenna William Coppinger Michael Collins Bartholomew Crotty David Walsh Timothy Murphy 1850–1958 Cork William Delany Thomas Alphonsus O'Callaghan Daniel Cohalan Cornelius Lucey Cloyne Timothy Murphy William Keane John McCarthy Robert Browne James Roche John Ahern Ross William Keane Micheal O'Hea William Fitzgerald Denis Kelly James Roche Patrick Casey Denis Moynihan Cornelius Lucey 1958–present Cloyne John Ahern John Magee William Crean Cork and Ross Cornelius Lucey Michael Murphy John Buckley Fintan Gavin †During this period the bishops were also apostolic administrators of Ross [Portals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals): - [Biography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography) - [Catholicism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Catholicism) - [Ireland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Ireland) - [Peru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Peru) - [Sports](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Sports) This article about an Irish Catholic bishop or archbishop is a stub. 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