John Edgar McCafferty

Most Reverend John E. McCafferty
Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester
Church	Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Tanudaia
Appointed	January 5, 1968
In office	March 14, 1968 - April 30, 1980
Orders
Ordination	March 17, 1945
Consecration	June 14, 1968 by Luigi Raimondi
Personal details
Born	January 6, 1920 New York, New York
Died	April 30, 1980(1980-04-30) (aged 60) Rochester, New York

John Edgar McCafferty (January 6, 1920 – April 30, 1980) was a Bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rochester from 1968-1980.

Biography

Born in New York City, John McCafferty was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Rochester on March 17, 1945.

On January 5, 1968 Pope Paul VI appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Tanudaia and Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester. He was consecrated bishop by Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, the Apostolic Delegate to the United States, on June 14, 1968. The principal co-consecrators were Rochester Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Bishop Emeritus James E. Kearney.

McCafferty served as an auxiliary bishop until his death on April 30, 1980 at the age of 60.^[1]^[2]

↑ "Bishop John Edgar McCafferty". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
↑ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees". Giga-Catholic. Retrieved 2014-02-05.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester 1968–1980	Succeeded by –

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester
Ordinaries	Bishops Bernard John McQuaid Thomas Francis Hickey John Francis O'Hern Edward Mooney James E. Kearney Fulton J. Sheen Joseph Lloyd Hogan Matthew H. Clark Salvatore Ronald Matano Coadjutor Bishop Thomas Francis Hickey Auxiliary Bishops Lawrence B. Casey John Edgar McCafferty Dennis Walter Hickey
Churches	Cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral, Rochester Parishes Immaculate Conception Church, Rochester Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church, Rochester St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church Complex, Bloomfield Saint George Roman Catholic Lithuanian Church, Rochester St. Mary's Church, Rochester Saint Michael's Church, Rochester St. Rose Roman Catholic Church Complex, Lima Former parishes Our Mother of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church Complex, Greece St. Joseph's Church and Rectory, Rochester
Education	Seminary St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry, Pittsford Former seminary Saint Bernard's Seminary, Rochester High schools Aquinas Institute, Rochester Bishop Kearney High School, Irondequoit McQuaid Jesuit High School, Brighton Notre Dame High School, Elmira Our Lady of Mercy High School, Brighton Former high schools Cardinal Mooney High School, Greece DeSales High School, Geneva Nazareth Academy, Rochester
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