Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey
{{short description|American Roman Catholic bishop}}
{{about|an American Catholic bishop|other people with a similar name|Michael Dempsey (disambiguation)}}
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| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend
| name = Michael Dempsey
| title = Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago
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| church = Catholic Church
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| see = Titular See of Truentum
| term = June 13, 1968 - January 8, 1974
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| ordination = May 1, 1943
| ordained_by = Samuel Stritch
| consecration = June 13, 1968
| consecrated_by = John Cody
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| birth_date = September 10, 1918
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, USA
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|1|8|1918|9|10}}
| death_place = Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey (September 10, 1918 – January 8, 1974) was an American Catholic prelate who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1968 to 1974.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago on May 1, 1943, by Archbishop Samuel Stritch. Before his appointment to the episcopacy, Father Dempsey was instrumental in creating the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.{{cite web |last1=McClory |first1=Robert J. |title=The fight over fighting poverty: CCHD and the push for reform |url=https://uscatholic.org/articles/201208/the-fight-over-fighting-poverty-cchd-and-the-push-for-reform/ |access-date=26 February 2021 |publisher=U.S. Catholic}}
On June 13, 1968 Pope Paul VI appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Truentum and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago. He was consecrated by Cardinal John Cody on June 13, 1968. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops Ernest John Primeau of Manchester and Cletus F. O'Donnell of Madison.
He continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his death from a heart attack on January 8, 1974.{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdempsey.html|title=Bishop Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy|access-date=2013-07-17}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-15.htm|title=Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees|publisher=Giga-Catholic|access-date=2013-07-17}}{{Cite web |title=Pittsburgh Catholic 18 January 1974 — The Catholic News Archive |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=TPC19740118-01.2.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=thecatholicnewsarchive.org}}
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Category:20th-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops
Category:Catholics from Illinois
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