Joseph Francis McGeough (29 August 1903 – 12 October 1970) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the

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Biography

Joseph McGeough was born on 29 August 1903 in New York City. He studied at the seminaries of the

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and at the North American College in Rome. He was ordained a priest there on 20 December 1930. From 1931 to 1938 he did pastoral work in the Bronx and taught at a high school in Katonah, New York. He worked in the Roman Curia at the

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from 1938 to 1943. He then moved to the Secretariat of State, where he assignments included organizing relief in Austria and Germany at the end of World War II. On 9 May 1957, Pope Pius XII appointed him Apostolic Internuncio to Ethiopia. On 17 September 1960,

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named him titular archbishop of Hemesa and Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa. He received his episcopal consecration on 28 October 1960 from Pope John. On 8 July 1967,

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appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland. He retired at age 65 for health reasons in March 1969; his successor Gaetano Alibrandi was appointed in April. He died in a

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nursing home after a long illness on 12 October 1970.

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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Joseph Francis McGeough
{{DEFAULTSORT:McGeough, Joseph Francis 1903 births 1970 deaths Religious leaders from New York City Officials of the Roman Curia Apostolic Nuncios to Ireland Apostolic Nuncios to Ethiopia Apostolic Nuncios to South Africa