His Excellency, The Most Reverend James Francis McCarthy |
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Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York Titular Bishop of Verrona |
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | New York |
Appointed | May 11, 1999 |
Installed | June 29, 1999 |
Term ended | June 15, 2002 |
Other posts | Titular Bishop of Verrona |
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Ordination | June 1, 1968 |
Consecration | June 29, 1999 by John Joseph O'Connor, William Wakefield Baum, and Edwin Frederick O’Brien |
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Born |
Mount Kisco, New York |
July 9, 1942
Motto | Evangelium gratiæ Dei |
Styles of Francis McCarthy |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
James Francis McCarthy (born July 9, 1942) is a former American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York starting in 1999, resigning in 2002.
Born in Mount Kisco, New York, McCarthy was ordained to the priesthood on June 1, 1968 for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.
On May 22, 1999, he was appointed titular bishop of 'Verrona' and auxiliary bishop of the New York Archdiocese and was consecrated a bishop on June 29, 1999.
On June 15, 2002, he resigned due to a sex scandal.