American prelate
This article is about the bishop. For other uses, see Martin McNamara (disambiguation) .
His Excellency , The Most Reverend Bishop of Joliet in Illinois See Diocese of Joliet in Illinois In office March 7, 1949 Successor Romeo Roy Blanchette Orders Ordination December 23, 1922George Mundelein Consecration March 7, 1949Samuel Stritch Personal details Born (1896-05-12)May 12, 1896Chicago, Illinois , US Died May 23, 1966(1966-05-23) (aged 70)Rochester, Minnesota , US Denomination Roman Catholic Education St. Mary's Seminary The Catholic University of America
Martin Dewey McNamara (May 12, 1896 – May 23, 1966) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church . He served as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Joliet in Illinois from 1949 until his death in 1966.
Biography
Early life
McNamara was born on May 12, 1896, in Chicago, Illinois , to John Lawrence and Mary (née Hogan) McNamara. He was educated at St. Bride's School and Cathedral College, both in Chicago. McNamara then attended St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland and the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
McNamara was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Chicago by Cardinal George Mundelein on December 23, 1922. McNamara became a professor at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago in 1925, and served as a chaplain at St. Vincent Infant Hospital in Chicago from 1932 to 1937. McNamara was made pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Wilmette, Illinois , in 1937, and named a domestic prelate by the Vatican in 1946.
Bishop of Joliet in Illinois
On December 17, 1948, McNamara was appointed as the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Joliet in Illinois by Pope Pius XII . He received his episcopal consecration on March 7, 1949, from Cardinal Samuel Stritch , with Bishops John Boylan and Albert Zuroweste serving as co-consecrators . McNamara also served as chancellor of the College of St. Francis in Joliet.
McNamara was too ill to travel to Rome to attend the Second Vatican Council . Martin McNamara died in Rochester, Minnesota , on May 23, 1966, at age 70.
References
^ Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who . Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
^ "DIOCESE AT JOLIET CREATED BY POPE; 3 Named Bishops in Illinois, at New See, at Springfield and to Aid Cardinal" . timesmachine.nytimes.com . Retrieved 2022-06-07.
^ "Bishop Martin Dewey McNamara" . Catholic-Hierarchy.org .
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