William Cardinal Conway
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William John Cardinal Conway (22 January 1913–17 April 1977) was an Irish Cardinal-Priest of St. Patricii ad locum vulgo in Rome, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. He was head of the Catholic Church in Ireland during the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
Conway was born in Belfast in 1913. He was ordained a priest on 22 June 1937. He completed his Doctorate in Canon Law at the Gregorian University in Rome in 1941. He became auxiliary bishop of Armagh on 31 May 1958, where he served under John Cardinal D'Alton. After D'Alton's death Conway was appointed Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland on 9 September 1963 by Pope Paul VI.
Conway was the leading Irish participant in the Second Vatican Council, at which his Peritus was future Archbishop of Armagh Cahal Daly.
On 22 February 1965 he was raised by Pope Paul to the cardinate, and made cardinal-priest of St. Patricii ad locum vulgo in Rome.
Cardinal Conway died after a short illness in 1977. He was replaced as Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland, and later as cardinal, by Maynooth College academic Fr. Tomás Ó Fiaich.
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Armagh |
| Preceded by John Cardinal D'Alton |
List of Roman Catholic Archbishops of Armagh Primate of All Ireland 1963–1977 |
Succeeded by Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich |
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