William Dermott Molloy McDermott (10 May 1930 in Dublin,

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- 19 August 2013 in Lima,

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) was the

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of the

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.William Dermott Molloy McDermott
at catholic-hierarchy.org

Biography

Born in

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, in 1930, McDermott studied for the priesthood first with the Dominicans, then at

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, completing his studies he was ordained a

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on 5 June 1955 for the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama,

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. Known as "Monseñor Demetrio", he became a Peruvian missionary several years later. For fourteen years, he led a rural parish in Huancarama in the

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, where he learned the

Quechua language Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common anc ...

. On 19 May 1976 he was appointed, by Pope Paul VI,

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of Thucca in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of

Huancavelica Huancavelica () or Wankawillka in Quechua is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the department of Huancavelica and according to the 2017 census had a population of 49,570 people. The city was established on August 5, 1572 by the Viceroy ...

. He was ordained a bishop on 4 June of the same year. The

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was Enrique Pélach y Feliú, Bishop of

Abancay Abancay (from Quechua language: Hamanqay, Amanqay, or Amankay, meaning ''lily'') is a city in southern-central Peru. It is the capital of both the Apurímac Region and the Abancay Province, and serves an important cultural, economic, and politi ...

and Co-Consecrators were Alcides Mendez Castro, titular Archbishop of Pederoniana and Military Ordinary for Peru, and Florencio Romani, Bishop of

Huancavélica Huancavelica () or Wankawillka in Quechua is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the department of Huancavelica and according to the 2017 census had a population of 49,570 people. The city was established on August 5, 1572 by the Viceroy ...

. On 14 January 1982 he was appointed Bishop of Huancavelica. He knew govern his diocese in very difficult times for material and spiritual poverty and terrorism. True to its motto "Love is repaid with love" never ceased to promote a culture of peace. He was the principal consecrator of his coadjutor, the Spanish bishop Isidro Barrio Barrio, 25 May 2002. The latter succeeded him as bishop of Huancavelica, 18 June 2005, when he resigned from office. In January 2005, Bishop Demetrio Molloy suffered a triple stroke which left him paralyzed until his death. Each week, the priests of his diocese eleven hours traveling to Lima to accompany and pray with their bishop who was under the care of the Daughters of St. Camillus Nursing Home in the Tezza Clinic, where offered all his sufferings by the good of the Church. He died in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

, Peru on 19 August 2013 and was buried in the crypt of the cathedral of Huancavelica.

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