John Magee (bishop)
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The Most Reverend John Magee SPS |
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| Bishop of Cloyne | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| In office | 1987–2010 |
| Predecessor | John Ahern |
| Successor | William Crean |
| Other posts |
Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations (1982-1987) Bishop Emeritus of Cloyne (2010-present) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 17 March 1962 |
| Consecration | 17 March 1987 by Pope John Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 September 1936 Newry, Northern Ireland, UK |
| Nationality | Irish |
John Magee SPS (born 24 September 1936) is a Roman Catholic bishop emeritus in Ireland. He was Bishop of Cloyne from 1987 to 2010; following scandal he resigned from that position on 24 March 2010, becoming a bishop emeritus. Magee is the only person to have been private secretary to three popes.
He was born in Newry Northern Ireland, in the Roman Catholic diocese of Dromore, on 24 September 1936. His father was a dairy farmer. He was educated at St Colman's College in Newry and entered the St Patrick's Missionary Society at Kiltegan, County Wicklow in 1954. He also attended University College Cork where he obtained an honours degree in philosophy before going to study theology in Rome, where he was ordained priest on 17 March 1962. He served as a missionary priest in Nigeria for almost six years before being appointed Procurator General of St Patrick's Society in Rome. In 1969 he was an official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome, when he was chosen by Pope Paul VI to be one of his private secretaries. On Pope Paul's death he remained in service as a private secretary to his successor, Pope John Paul I, and also to Pope John Paul II. As private secretary to three Popes, Magee is the only man to hold such a position in Vatican history.
He also acted as chaplain to the Vatican's Swiss Guard.
The now Blessed Paul VI treated Magee kindly and paternally both joined together on the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist to celebrate their name day. On their last such encounter Paul VI gave Magee an icon of St. John the Baptist that he received from the King of Jordan. When Paul VI was being beatified in October 2014 Magee traveled to Rome where he led out the procession of bishops.
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