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Most Reverend William Francis Murphy, S.T.D., L.H.D.
Bishop of Rockville Centre

 

murphyBorn: May 14, 1940
Ordained a Priest of the Archdiocese of Boston at Saint Peter’s, Vatican City, December 16, 1964
Auxiliary Bishop to the Archbishop of Boston and Titular Bishop of Saia Maggiore
Appointed November 21, 1995 and Consecrated December 27, 1995
Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, Archdiocese of Boston, 1993-2001
Appointed Diocesan Bishop of Rockville Centre, June 26, 2001
Installed as Fourth Bishop of Rockville Centre, September 5, 2001
 

Positions Held

  • Secretary of Community Relations, Archdiocese of Boston, 1987-1993
  • Director, Office of Social Justice, Archdiocese of Boston, 1987-1993
  • Director, Pope John XXIII Seminary, Weston, MA, 1987-1993
  • Lecturer in Social Ethics, St. John’s Seminary, Brighton, MA, 1987-1993
  • Administrator, Sacred Heart Parish, Lexington, MA, 1987
  • Under Secretary, Pontifical Commission Jusititia et Pax, Vatican City, 1980-1987
  • Pontifical Commission Justitia et Pax, Vatican City, 1974-1987
  • Lecturer in Theology, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas, 1976-1980
  • Lecturer in Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University, 1972-1974
  • Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, Pope John XXIII Seminary, Weston, MA, 1974
  • Assistant Professor of Theology, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, 1968-1974
  • Assistant Pastor, Groveland, Winchester and East Boston, MA, 1965-1970
  • Commissioner, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2001-
  • Board of Directors, International Catholic Organizations Information Center, 2002

Author

  • Vita Associata in Thought of Ernesto Buonaiuti – 1974
  • Various Publications of the Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace including; “Person, Nation and State” – 1982; “True Dimensions of Development Today” – 1983
  • “Some Reflections on Conscientious Objection Today” in La Pac-Sfida, Pontifical Lateran University – 1986
  • “Rerum Novarum” in A Century of Social Catholic Teaching, Washington, DC – 1991
  • “In the Beginning” in Weigel and Royal (ed.), Building the Free Society, Washington, DC – 1993
  • “Issues Regarding the Economy and its Relationship to the Family in Catholic Social Teaching” in Familia et Vita, Anno 1, No. 2, 1996
  • Columnist, The Pilot, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston, 1998-2001
  • Columnist, The Long Island Catholic, newspaper of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, 2001-

Colloquia

  • Conferences on various aspects of the Social Doctrine of the Church in Europe, Asia and the United States – 1983
  • “The Holy See Looks at the Middle East,” National Workshop on Christian-Jewish Relations, Boston – 1983
  • Represented the Holy See at various International Conferences: United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, Head of Delegation, Paris – 1983; Assistant to Cardinal Casaroli, Secretary of State, at Second United Nations Special Session on Disarmament – 1982; Assistant to Cardinal Casaroli at 40th Anniversary of the United Nations – 1986
  • Representative of the Holy See at BISA VII Meeting of Bishops of Asia, Hua Hin, Thailand – 1986
  • Council of Europe, Social Ministers Meeting, Malta – 1986
  • First Latin American Congress on Social Doctrine of the Church, Santiago, Chile – 1991
  • National Security Council, Latin American Affairs on Cuba, Washington, DC – 1993
  • Cuba Study Group: Cuba, the Catholic Church and Humanitarian Aid, Georgetown University, Washington, DC – 1993
  • Cambridge Center for the Study of Faith and Culture, 1994
  • Jesus Series: “Whatsoever You Did For Them”: Jesus and Justice. Archdiocese of Portland in “Oregon – 1997
  • Cuba Study Group: The Current Religious Situation and the Upcoming Visit of Pope John Paul II, Georgetown University, Washington, DC – 1997

Service to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the United States Catholic Conference

  • Bishops Committee on International Justice and Peace, 1996
  • Adjunct to Committee on the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1996
  • Board of Directors: CLINIC, 1997-2000
  • Bishops Committee on Latin America, 1997-2000
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Health Care Issues, 1997 - Chairperson 2005
  • Bishops Committee on Migration, 2002
  • Episcopal Liaison to Orthodox Rabbinate 2002

The Catholic University Of America

  • Member, Board of Trustees, 1998-

Memberships

  • Presidential Delegation to Observe Haitian Elections, 1987 and 1990
  • Presidential Delegation to the Inauguration of Jean Bertrand Aristide, 1991
  • Member, Holy See Delegation for United Nations Conference on Disarmament, 1987
  • Member, Holy See Delegation for United States Conference on Development, 1987
  • Member, 3rd United Nations Special Session on Disarmament, 1988
  • Massachusetts Historical Society, 1991
  • Commissioner, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2001-

Education

  • Prepared at Boston Latin School for Harvard College 1961
  • Saint John's Seminary - A.B., 1961
  • Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome - S.T.L., 1965; S.T.D., 1974

Honoraria

  • Doctor of Theology (Th.D. Honoris Causa) Assumption College, Worcester, MA – 1999
  • Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D., Honoris Causa) Salem State College, Salem, MA – 2000
  • Rabin Peacemaker Award, Merrimack College, MA – 2002
  • Doctor of Laws, St. John’s University, NY - 2002

Other

  • Named Chaplain of Honor to His Holiness – 1979
  • Named Prelate of Honor – 1987
  • Knight Commander with Star of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
  • Ecclesiastical Commander of Grace in the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George
  • Assistant Chaplain of the American Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 2002

 

Revised 3/3/05