Patrick Murphy (bishop)
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Patrick Laurence Murphy (28 October 1920 – 18 March 2007)
Early life
Patrick Laurence Murphy was born to Catherine Imelda (née Deloughery) and Timothy Francis Murphy on 28 October 1920 in the Sydney suburb of Eastwood, and attended the Convent Primary school in Eastwood before completing his secondary education at Christian Brother's College, Strathfield.
Priesthood
After completing his secondary education, Patrick Murphy joined the Seminary of Saint Columba in the Blue Mountains suburb of Springwood before transferring to the Seminary of Saint Patrick in the Sydney suburb of Manly. He was ordained as a priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney by the then-Archbishop of Sydney Norman Gilroy on 22 July 1944 at the age of twenty-three.[1]
Episcopate
Father Murphy was chosen on 20 December 1976 to be an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney, and subsequently received his episcopal orders on 22 January 1977 by
Retirement and death
Under the mandatory retirement of bishops at the age of seventy-five, Bishop Murphy retired on 9 July 1996. He died on Laetare Sunday, 18 March 2007 at the age of 86.[1]