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Joseph McCormack (1887–1958) was an English prelate who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle from 1936 to 1958.

Born on 17 May 1887, he was ordained to the priesthood on 11 August 1912. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle by the Holy See on 30 December 1936, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 4 February 1937. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Richard Downey of Liverpool, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Thomas Shine of Middlesbrough and Bishop Henry John Poskitt of Leeds.

He died in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 2 March 1958, aged 70, and was buried at Ushaw College.

References

1. ^ "Bishop Joseph McCormack". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
2. Former Bishops. Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. Retrieved on 11 June 2011.

v t e Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle I: William Hogarth II: James Chadwick III: John Bewick IV: Henry O'Callaghan V: Thomas Wilkinson VI: Richard Collins VII: Joseph Thorman VIII: Joseph McCormack IX: James Cunningham X: Hugh Lindsay XI: Ambrose Griffiths XII: Kevin Dunn XIII: Séamus Cunningham XIV: Robert Byrne XV: Stephen Wright
Churches St Mary's Cathedral – Cathedral Church of St Mary Our Lady and St Cuthbert, Berwick Biddlestone Chapel St Augustine, Darlington St Cuthbert, Durham St Joseph, Gateshead St Joseph, Hartlepool St Mary, Hartlepool St Mary, Hexham Holy Name, Jesmond St Robert of Newminster, Morpeth St Dominic, Newcastle Sacred Heart, North Gosforth St Bede, South Shields St Mary, Stockton-on-Tees St Benet, Sunderland St Mary, Sunderland Our Lady and St Oswin, Tynemouth St Ninian, Wooler
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Our Lady of the Assumption (15 August) Saint Cuthbert (28 March)
Schools Cardinal Hume Catholic School Carmel College, Darlington English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College Our Lady and St Bede Catholic Academy Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Newcastle upon Tyne St Aidan's Catholic Academy St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College St Bede's Catholic School, Peterlee St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy St Cuthbert's High School St John's Catholic School St Joseph's Catholic Academy St Joseph's Roman Catholic Middle School St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle upon Tyne St Michael's Catholic Academy, Billingham St Robert of Newminster Catholic School St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon St Thomas More Roman Catholic Academy, North Shields St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic College
See also Cardinal Basil Hume Minsteracres Apostolic Vicariate of the Northern District Ushaw College
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