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Cormac Murphy-O'Connor

Catholic cardinal (1932-2017)
Person human Q528783

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
August 24, 1932
Date of death
September 1, 2017
Place of birth
Reading
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[9]
Occupation
theologian, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop, bishop
Position held
archbishop of Westminster, cardinal, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, diocesan bishop[10][11][12][13]
Educated at
Pontifical Gregorian University, English College, Prior Park College, Elvian School[14][15][16][17]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[18]
Cause of death
cancer[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Consecrator
Michael Bowen, George Dwyer, Anthony Joseph Emery
Given name
Cormac[21]
Manner of death
natural causes[22]
Motto text
Gaudium et spes
Name in native language
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
P14931
murphy-oconnor_c
Participant in
2005 conclave[23]
🏷️ Also known as
en Cormac Murphy O'Connor en Cormac Murphy OConnor en Cormac Murphy-O'Connor en Cormac Murphy-OConnor de Cormac Murphy-O'Connor de Cormac Murphy-O’Connor de Murphy-O'Connor de Murphy-O’Connor es Cardenal Murphy es Cardenal Murphy-O'Connor es Cormac Murphy fi Cormac Murphy OConnor fi Cormac Murphy-OConnor ja コーマック・マーフィー＝オコーナー ja マーフィー・オコーナー枢機卿 ko 코맥 머피오코너 ko 코맥 머피 오코너 ko 코맥 머피-오코너 pl Cormac Murphy O'Connor ru Кормак Мерфи-О'Коннор
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
0000000115119811
VIAF cluster ID
103794611
Library of Congress authority ID
n85043294
GND ID
140258205
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
c5b84a14-f4f6-48c9-9c96-70b96fc14511
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
135553982
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
murphy-o-connor-cormac
Catholic Hierarchy person ID
muoc
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Cormac-Murphy-OConnor
FAST ID
155640
FactGrid item ID
馬場
Show all 36 identifiers +24
Find a Grave memorial ID
183301901
Freebase ID
/m/0428fz
GCatholic person ID
105
IdRef ID
050826557
IxTheo authority ID
703617311
KBR person ID
14745650
Libraries Australia ID
49640887
Munzinger person ID
00000023287
NLA Trove people ID
1493669
NUKAT ID
n2019190286
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810577509905606
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp88355
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07189229X
Notable Names Database ID
068/000177534
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
90000380316
PUG authority ID
24757
Parsifal cluster ID
502630
Prabook ID
534603
SBN author ID
LIGV048312
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church ID
2001:Murphy
Treccani ID
cormac-murphy-o-connor
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
396898
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxmKDTB9hFFyhDpBTyyBP
Yale LUX ID
person/3f4205c1-0945-49d3-a486-a1cbc5dddd28

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🔗 Connections
← Consecrator 12
Arthur Roche, Bernard Longley, Thomas Burns, George Stack, John Arnold, John Sherrington, Michael Evans, Kieran Conry +4 more
Occupation 3
theologian, Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
Educated at 2
Pontifical Gregorian University, English College
Position held 2
cardinal, diocesan bishop
Cause of death 1
cancer
Consecrator 1
Michael Bowen
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Given name 1
Cormac
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Participant in 1
2005 conclave
Participated in 1
2005 conclave
Place of birth 1
Reading
Place of death 1
London
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Karl Weissenberg
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Summary

Cormac Murphy-O'Connor's place of birth was Reading[1]. He was born on August 24, 1932[2]. He passed away in London[3]. He died on September 1, 2017[4]. He worked as a theologian[5], Catholic priest[6], Catholic bishop[7], and bishop[8].

Body

Education

Educated at Pontifical Gregorian University[14], a pontifical university[24], in Italy[25], founded in 1551[26], headquartered in Roman College[27]; English College[15], a Roman College[28], in Italy[29], founded in 1579[30]; Prior Park College[16], a public school[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1925[33]; and Elvian School[17], a school[34], in United Kingdom[35], founded in 1931[36].

Career and Affiliations

Positions held include archbishop of Westminster[10], a Roman Catholic episcopal title[37], founded in 1850[38]; cardinal[11], a title[39]; Bishop of Arundel and Brighton[12]; and diocesan bishop[13], an ecclesiastical occupation[40].

FAQs

Where was Cormac Murphy-O'Connor born?

Cormac Murphy-O'Connor's place of birth was Reading[1].

Where did Cormac Murphy-O'Connor die?

Cormac Murphy-O'Connor passed away in London[3].

What did Cormac Murphy-O'Connor do for work?

Cormac Murphy-O'Connor worked as theologian[5], Catholic priest[6], Catholic bishop[7], and bishop[8].

Where did Cormac Murphy-O'Connor go to school?

Cormac Murphy-O'Connor was educated at Pontifical Gregorian University[14], English College[15], Prior Park College[16], and Elvian School[17].

Related Entities

London United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [11] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [6] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [4] ↑ . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  16. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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