William Tibertus McCarty

William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. (August 11, 1889 – September 14, 1972) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. A Redemptorist, he served as Bishop of Rapid City from 1948 to 1969.

William Tibertus McCarty was born in Crossingville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to Timothy and Margaret (née Burns) McCarty. He was educated at the seminaries of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, more commonly known as the Redemptorists, in North East; Ilchester, Maryland; and Esopus, New York. He made his profession as a member of the Redemptorists on August 2, 1910 in Ilchester.

He was later ordained to the priesthood in Esopus on June 10, 1915.

McCarty then returned to Pennsylvania and taught at St. Mary's College in North East from 1916 to 1917. He taught at Mount St. Alphonsus Seminary in Esopus (1918-1926), where he also served as prefect of studies (1921-1930). From 1930 to 1933, he was an assistant rector at the Mission Church in Boston, Massachusetts. He then returned to Mount St. Alphonsus as its rector, serving between 1933 and 1939. From 1939 to 1943, McCarty served as provincial of the Redemptorists' Eastern Province. During his tenure as provincial, he inaugurated fourteen Redemptorist foundations in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Brazil.

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