William John McNaughton
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The Most Reverend William J. McNaughton, M.M. |
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| Bishop Emeritus of the Incheon | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Appointed | June 6, 1961 |
| In office | March 10, 1962 - April 25, 2002 |
| Successor | Boniface Choi Ki-san (최기산 보니파시오) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 13, 1953 |
| Consecration | August 24, 1961 by Richard Cushing |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 7, 1926 Lawrence, Massachusetts |
William John McNaughton, M.M.,나길모 굴리엘모, (born December 7, 1926) is an American-born Catholic missionary and bishop. As a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll) he was assigned to missions in South Korea. He served as the first Bishop of Incheon from 1961 to 2002.
William McNaughton was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was educated at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence and Maryknoll Seminary in Ossining, New York. He entered the novitiate for the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, or Maryknoll, and professed religious vows on August 30, 1949. McNaughton earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology and a Licentiate in Religious Education from the Maryknoll Major Seminary. He was ordained a priest on June 13, 1953.
After his ordination McNaughton studied the Korean language at Yale University. He was sent to Korea and was engaged in parish ministry in Chungbuk. He served on the College of Consultors in the Diocese of Cheongju. He served as the Vicar General of the same diocese from 1959 to 1960.Pope John XXIII named McNaughton the Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus and Vicar Apostolic of Incheon on June 6, 1961.
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