| Styles of Edmond Carmody |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Edmond Carmody, D.D.,[1] (born 12 January 1934) is a Roman Catholic bishop emeritus serving in the Diocese of Corpus Christi.[1]
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Edmond Carmody was born in Ahalane, Ireland. He was second child of Michael Carmody and Mary Stack who had 12 other children.[1] Carmody was educated in Ireland at St. Brendan's Seminary and at St. Patrick's College.[2] He was ordained a priest on 8 June 1957 for the then Diocese of San Antonio.[3][4] Besides serving in several diocesan positions, Carmody ministered with the Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle in 1984 overseas in Peru.[2]
Carmody was appointed Auxiliary Bishop for the diocese and Titular Bishop of Murthlacum on 15 December 1988. He was ordained Titular Bishop of Murthlacum on 15 December on the same year. The Principal Consecrator was Archbishop Patrick Flores; his Principal Co-Consecrators were Bishop Charles Grahmann and Bishop Charles Herzig.
On 24 March 1992, Bishop Carmody was appointed as ordinary of the Diocese of Tyler and was installed on 25 May 1992. Eight years later on February 3, 2000, he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Corpus Christi and was installed on March 17, 2000. He retired upon reaching age limit and Pope Benedict XVI named William Mulvey bishop of Corpus Christi on 18 January 2010.