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Michael Murphy (b. Kilmichael, County Cork 18 February 1924; d. Cork 7 October 1996) was an Irish Catholic bishop in the last quarter of the 20th Century.[1]
Before becoming a priest Murphy was a member of the team that won the 1941 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship.[2] Murphy was ordained priest on 19 June 1949.[3] He served in Peru then as head teacher of St Finbarr's College, Farranferris.[4] He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Cork and Ross on 1 April 1976 and was consecrated its diocesan on 23 August 1980. He died in post sixteen years later.[5]
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