Joseph McGee (bishop)

Joseph Michael McGee (13 December 1904 – 4 April 1983) was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Galloway from 1952 to 1981.[1]

For persons of a similar name, see Joseph McGee (disambiguation).
The Right Reverend

Joseph Michael McGee
Bishop Emeritus of Galloway
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed19 July 1952
Term ended4 April 1981
PredecessorWilliam Mellon
SuccessorMaurice Taylor
Orders
Ordination25 May 1929
Consecration11 Nov 1952
by William Godfrey
Personal details
Born13 December 1904
Crieff, Perthshire
Died5 March 1983 (aged 78)
Prestwick, Ayshire

Born in the parish of Monzievaird and Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland on 13 December 1904, he was ordained to the priesthood on 25 May 1929. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway by the Holy See on 19 July 1952, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 11 November 1952. The principal consecrator was Cardinal William Godfrey, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop James Donald Scanlan of Dunkeld (later Archbishop of Glasgow) and Bishop Edward Wilson Douglas of Motherwell.[1] He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965

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He retired on 4 April 1981 and assumed the title Bishop Emeritus of Galloway. He died on 5 March 1983, aged 78.[1]

References
  1. "Bishop Joseph Michael McGee". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
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