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William Murphy (bishop of Rockville Centre)
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William Francis Murphy (born May 14, 1940) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre on Long Island, New York, from 2001 to 2016 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 1995 to 2001.[1]
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Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre | |
Church | Roman Catholicism |
Diocese | Rockville Centre |
Appointed | June 26, 2001 |
Installed | September 5, 2001 |
Retired | January 31, 2017 |
Predecessor | James T. McHugh |
Successor | John Barres |
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Ordination | December 16, 1964 by Francis Frederick Reh |
Consecration | December 27, 1995 by Bernard Law, William Wakefield Baum, and Alfred Clifton Hughes |
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Born | (1940-05-14) May 14, 1940 (age 84) Boston, Massachusetts, US |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
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