Joseph MacRory
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| See | Armagh |
| Title | Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh |
| Period in office | June 22, 1928—October 13, 1945 |
| Successor | John Cardinal D'Alton † |
| Previous post | Bishop of Down and Connor |
| Created cardinal | December 16, 1929 |
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| Date of birth | March 19, 1861 |
| Place of birth | Ballygawley, Ireland |
| Date of death | October 13, 1945 |
| Place of death | Armagh, Northern Ireland |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Armagh |
Joseph Cardinal MacRory (March 19, 1861—October 13, 1945) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Armagh from 1928 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1929.
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[edit] Biography
Joseph MacRory was born in Ballygawley as one of the ten children of Francis MacRory, a farmer, and his wife Rose Montague. He studied at St. Patrick's College in Armagh and St. Patrick's College in Maynooth. Ordained to the priesthood on September 13, 1885, he served as the first president of Dungannon Academy from 1886 to 1887. MacRory then taught Scripture and Modern Theology at Oscott College in England until 1889, when he was appointed Professor of Scripture and Oriental Languages at his alma mater of Maynooth College, of which he was made Vice President in 1912.
MacRory was appointed 27th Lord Bishop of Down and Connor by Pope Benedict XV on August 9, 1915, and received his episcopal consecration on the following November 14 from Michael Cardinal Logue. During his tenure, his life was threatened repeatedly due to the turbulent atmosphere in Belfast[1]. Replacing the late Patrick Cardinal O'Donnell, MacRory was advanced to Archbishop of Armagh and thus Primate of All Ireland on June 22, 1928.
Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina in the consistory of December 16, 1929. He was the papal legate at the 1933 laying of the foundation stone of Liverpool's cathedral, and one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1939 papal conclave, which selected Pope Pius XII. MacRory was a strenuous opponent of social injustice, national socialism[2], Protestantism[3], and the Partition of Ireland[4].
After a brief illness[5], the Cardinal died from a heart attack in Ara Coeli[6], the archiepiscopal residence in Armagh, at age 84. He is buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery in that same city.
[edit] Trivia
- In 1906, MacRory co-founded the Irish Theological Quarterly.
- His episcopal motto was: Fortis in Fide ("Strong in Faith").
- MacRory, then Bishop of Down and Connor, was a member of the Irish Convention from 1917 to 1918.
- He supported the Gaelic League.
- It was MacRory who suggested to Eoin O'Duffy that he raise an Irish force to aid the nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Cork Multitext Project. Joseph MacRory
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ TIME Magazine. St. Patrick's Successor October 12, 1942
- ^ TIME Magazine. Milestones October 22, 1945
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ Cork Multitext Project. Joseph MacRory
- ^ [1] Cunningham, Niall. Ireland's Answer to Mussolini. The Irish Post, 2nd March 2001. Retrieved Oct. 16, 2007.
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| Preceded by John Tohill |
Bishop of Down and Connor 1915 – 1928 |
Succeeded by Daniel Mageean |
| Preceded by Patrick Cardinal O'Donnell |
Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland 1928 – 1945 |
Succeeded by John Cadinal D'Alton |
