Martin Dewey McNamara

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Martin Dewey McNamara (May 12, 1896 – May 23, 1966) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Joliet, Illinois (1949-1966).

Biography

Martin McNamara was born in Chicago, Illinois, to John Lawrence and Mary (née Hogan) McNamara.[1] He was educated at St. Bride's School, Cathedral College, St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, and The Catholic University of America.[1] He was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal George Mundelein on December 23, 1922.[2] He became a professor at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in 1925, and was a chaplain at St. Vincent Infant Hospital from 1932 to 1937.[1] He was made pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church in Wilmette in 1937, and named a domestic prelate in 1946.[1]

On December 17, 1948, McNamara was appointed the first Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Joliet by Pope Pius XII.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on March 7, 1949 from Cardinal Samuel Stritch, with Bishops John Joseph Boylan and Albert Rudolph Zuroweste serving as co-consecrators.[2] He was too ill to attend the Second Vatican Council. He later died at age 70.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bishop Martin Dewey McNamara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
none		 Bishop of Joliet in Illinois
1949—1966 		Succeeded by
Romeo Roy Blanchette
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