Joseph Edward McCarthy
{{Short description|Catholic bishop}}
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| honorific_prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend
| name = Joseph Edward McCarthy
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| title = Bishop of Portland
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| church = Roman Catholic Church
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| diocese =
| see = Diocese of Portland
| elected =
| term = August 24, 1932 to
September 8, 1955
| predecessor = John Murray
| successor = Daniel Joseph Feeney
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| ordination = July 4, 1903
| ordained_by = Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière
| consecration = August 24, 1932
| consecrated_by = Maurice F. McAuliffe
| birth_date = November 14, 1876
| birth_place = Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|09|08|1876|11|14}}
| death_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.
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| education = College of the Holy Cross
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Joseph Edward McCarthy (November 14, 1876 – September 8, 1955) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Portland in Maine from 1932 until his death in 1955.
Biography
= Early life =
Joseph McCarthy was born on November 14, 1876, in Waterbury, Connecticut.{{cite news|work=Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland|title=Most Rev. Joseph E. McCarthy|url=http://www.portlanddiocese.net/info.php?info_id=136}} He attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. McCarthy was ordained to the priesthood in Paris by Bishop Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière for the Archdiocese of Hartford on July 4, 1903.{{cite news|work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|title=Bishop Joseph Edward McCarthy|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmccjo.html}} He then taught Greek and French at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
= Bishop of Portland =
On May 13, 1932, McCarthy was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Portland by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on August 24, 1932, from Bishop Maurice F. McAuliffe, with Bishops John Nilan and John Peterson serving as co-consecrators. McCarthy's consecration was the first to be broadcast by radio in the United States.
During the Great Depression, McCarthy used his power as a corporation sole to remove the burden of debt by offering the property holdings as security for a successful bond issue. By 1936 he had stabilized the financial situation of the diocese.{{cite news|work=Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland|title=History of the Portland Diocese|url=http://www.portlanddiocese.net/info.php?info_id=43|access-date=2009-08-22|archive-date=2009-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005053241/http://www.portlanddiocese.net/info.php?info_id=43|url-status=dead}}
In 1938, McCarthy purchased the former Portland home of railroad executive Morris McDonald as his official residence. He opened numerous elementary schools, high schools, and colleges during his tenure. He received Daniel Feeney as an auxiliary bishop in 1946, delegating much of the administration of the diocese to Feeny due to his own declining health.
Joseph McCarthy died in Portland, Maine, on September 8, 1955, at age 78. He is buried in Waterbury.
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Category:College of the Holy Cross alumni
Category:People from Waterbury, Connecticut
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Portland
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States