Bishop John Joseph "J.J." McCarthy

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(27 April 1896 – 13 January 1983),Bishop J.J. McCarthy
www.catholichierarchy.org was an Irish born, Holy Ghost Father, who served as Bishop to Nairobi, Kenya. Born 28 April 1896 in Doonegan,

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, 'J.J' was a student at

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, before going on to

Kimmage Manor The Holy Ghost Missionary College, in Kimmage in Dublin, colloquially known as Kimmage Manor, is Holy Ghost Fathers(Spiritans) institution that has served as a Seminary training missionary priests and spawned two other colleges the ''Kimmage Mission ...

to train as a priest. He studied at St. Marys, and

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(obtaining a BA), and was a prefect in

Blackrock College Blackrock College ( ga, Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe) is a voluntary secondary school, voluntary day school, day and boarding school, boarding Catholicism, Catholic secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, Blackrock, Dublin, Bl ...

. At Rockwell, he played rugby and also played rugby in Blackrock. He was ordained in 1925, and following ordination, he went on his mission to

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. He was ordained bishop in 1946 with the old title of Vicar Apostolic of

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(succeeding another Irish Spiritan John William Heffernan) and Titular Bishop of

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. In 1953 he was appointed Archbishop of Nairobi, and position he held until his retirement in 1971. He served as president of the

Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) is the assembly of bishops of the Catholic Church in Kenya. Its statutes were approved by the Holy See on December 7, 1976. Structure The plenary sessions of the KCCB are attended by all the dioces ...

from 1969 to 1970.Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
www.gcatholic.org He retired in 1972 and returned to Ireland, where he lived in Kildare for a time before moving to Kimmage Manor, where he died in 1983.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McCarthy, John Joseph 1896 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Kenya Roman Catholic missionaries in Kenya Roman Catholic bishops of Nairobi Irish expatriate Catholic bishops Holy Ghost Fathers Irish Spiritans People educated at Rockwell College Alumni of University College Dublin People from County Clare People educated at Blackrock College Roman Catholic archbishops of Nairobi