Joseph McCormack
English prelate
Joseph McCormack (1887–1958) was an English prelate who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle from 1936 to 1958.[1]
Born on 17 May 1887, he was ordained to the priesthood on 11 August 1912. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle by the Holy See on 30 December 1936, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 4 February 1937. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Richard Downey of Liverpool, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Thomas Shine of Middlesbrough and Bishop Henry John Poskitt of Leeds.[1]
He died in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 2 March 1958, aged 70, and was buried at Ushaw College.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c "Bishop Joseph McCormack". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ Former Bishops. Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. Retrieved on 11 June 2011.
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| Preceded by Joseph Thorman | Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle 1936–1958 | Succeeded by James Cunningham |
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
- Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle
- I: William Hogarth
- II: James Chadwick
- III: John Bewick
- IV: Henry O'Callaghan
- V: Thomas Wilkinson
- VI: Richard Collins
- VII: Joseph Thorman
- VIII: Joseph McCormack
- IX: James Cunningham
- X: Hugh Lindsay
- XI: Ambrose Griffiths
- XII: Kevin Dunn
- XIII: Séamus Cunningham
- XIV: Robert Byrne
- XV: Stephen Wright
- Churches
- St Mary's Cathedral - Cathedral Church of St Mary
- Our Lady and St Cuthbert Church, Berwick
- Biddlestone Chapel
- St Augustine's Church, Darlington
- St Cuthbert's Church, Durham
- St Joseph's Church, Gateshead
- St Joseph's Church, Hartlepool
- St Mary's Church, Hartlepool
- St Mary's Church, Hexham
- Holy Name Church, Jesmond
- St Robert of Newminster Church, Morpeth
- St Dominic's Church, Newcastle
- Sacred Heart Church, North Gosforth
- St Mary's Church, Stockton-on-Tees
- St Benet's Church, Sunderland
- St Mary's Church, Sunderland
- St Ninian's Church, Wooler
- Patronal Feasts of the Diocese
- Our Lady of the Assumption (15 August)
- Saint Cuthbert (28 March)
- Schools
- Cardinal Hume Catholic School
- Carmel College, Darlington
- English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College
- Our Lady and St Bede Catholic Academy
- Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Newcastle upon Tyne
- St Aidan's Catholic Academy
- St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
- St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College
- St Bede's Catholic School, Peterlee
- St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy
- St Cuthbert's High School
- St John's Catholic School
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Middle School
- St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
- St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle upon Tyne
- St Michael's Catholic Academy, Billingham
- St Robert of Newminster Catholic School
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Academy, North Shields
- St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic College
- See also:
- Cardinal Basil Hume
- Minsteracres
- Apostolic Vicariate of the Northern District
- Ushaw College
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