John Dougherty (bishop)
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend John Martin Dougherty |
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| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Scranton Titular Bishop of Sufetula |
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| Archdiocese | Philadelphia |
| Diocese | Scranton |
| Appointed | February 7, 1995 |
| Installed | March 7, 1995 |
| Term ended | August 31, 2009 |
| Other posts | Titular Bishop of Sufetula |
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| Ordination | June 15, 1957 |
| Consecration | March 7, 1995 by James Timlin, J. Carroll McCormick, and Francis X. DiLorenzo |
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April 29, 1932 Scranton, Pennsylvania |
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Styles of John Martin Dougherty |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
John Martin Dougherty (born 29 April 1932) is a retired American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania from 1995 until his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on August 31, 2009.
John Dougherty was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Edward and Irene (née Kern) Dougherty. After graduating from St. Paul High School in 1949, he studied at St. Charles College in Catonsville, Maryland (1949-1951) and at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore (1951-1953), from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1953. He earned a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana in 1956, and a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from St. Mary's in Baltimore in 1957.
On 15 June 1957, Dougherty was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Jerome D. Hannan at St. Peter's Cathedral. He then served as assistant pastor at the Church of St. Ann in Tobyhanna until 1962, when he became professor of ascetical theology at St. Pius X Seminary in Dalton. In addition to his professorship, he became director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in 1964. In 1968 Dougherty was raised to the rank of Chaplain of His Holiness by Pope Paul VI and named Vicar for Religious by Bishop J. Carroll McCormick.
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