George Vance Murry
George Vance Murry SJ (* 28. Dezember 1948 in Camden, New Jersey; † 5. Juni 2020 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Ordensgeistlicher und römisch-katholischer Bischof von Youngstown.
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George Vance Murry, Konvertit der African Methodist Episcopal Church, trat 1972 der Ordensgemeinschaft der Jesuiten bei und empfing nach seiner theologischen Ausbildung am 9. Juni 1979 die Priesterweihe. Er studierte an der Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Kalifornien, und wurde in amerikanischer Kulturgeschichte an der George Washington University in Washington, D.C. promoviert. Er war in administrativen Funktionen an zwei High Schools in Washington, D.C. sowie als Professor für Amerikanistik an der Georgetown University und als stellvertretender Vizepräsident für akademische Angelegenheiten an der University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan, tätig.
Papst Johannes Paul II. ernannte ihn am 24. Januar 1995 zum Weihbischof in Chicago und Titularbischof von Fuerteventura. Die Bischofsweihe spendete ihm der Erzbischof von Chicago, Joseph Louis Kardinal Bernardin, am 20. März desselben Jahres; Mitkonsekratoren waren Alfred Leo Abramowicz, Weihbischof in Chicago, und Timothy Joseph Lyne, emeritierter Weihbischof in Chicago. Als Wahlspruch wählte er Christ my Light (Christus mein Licht).
Am 5. Mai 1998 wurde er zum Koadjutorbischof von Saint Thomas auf den Jungferninseln ernannt. Mit dem Rücktritt Elliot Griffin Thomas’ am 29. Juni 1999 folgte er diesem als Bischof von Saint Thomas nach. Am 30. Januar 2007 wurde er durch Papst Benedikt XVI. zum Bischof von Youngstown ernannt und am 28. März desselben Jahres in das Amt eingeführt.
Murry starb im Alter von 72 Jahren Anfang Juni 2020 im Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York an den Folgen einer im April 2018 diagnostizierten Leukämie.[1]
Weblinks
- Eintrag zu George Vance Murry auf catholic-hierarchy.org
- Eintrag zu George Vance Murry auf gcatholic.org (englisch)
Einzelnachweis
- ↑ „Bishop Murry of Youngstown dies after stepping down due to leukemia“ auf catholicnewsagency.com vom 5. Juni 2020, abgerufen am 6. Juni 2020 (englisch)
| Vorgänger | Amt | Nachfolger |
|---|---|---|
| Elliot Griffin Thomas | Bischof von Saint Thomas 1999–2007 | Herbert Armstrong Bevard |
| Thomas Joseph Tobin | Bischof von Youngstown 2007–2020 | David Bonnar |
| Personendaten | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Murry, George Vance |
| ALTERNATIVNAMEN | Murry, George V. |
| KURZBESCHREIBUNG | US-amerikanischer Ordensgeistlicher, römisch-katholischer Bischof von Youngstown |
| GEBURTSDATUM | 28. Dezember 1948 |
| GEBURTSORT | Camden, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten |
| STERBEDATUM | 5. Juni 2020 |
| STERBEORT | New York City, Vereinigte Staaten |
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Coat of arms of the U.S. bishop George Vance Murry, Bishop of Youngstown.
By heraldic tradition, the arms of the bishop of a diocese are joined with the arms of his diocese that are seen on the left side of the design. The coat of arms of the Diocese of Youngstown are composed of a green field on which is displayed a silver wavy bar (called a fess) to represent the Mahoning River that flows through the See City. Upon the wavy fess are two green arrowheads to honor the Native American peoples that first inhabited the area that is now Youngstown and a cross pommetté. The green cross pommetté is taken from the arms of the Diocese of Cleveland from which the Diocese of Youngstown was carved in 1943. This separation on the new diocese is further symbolized by the golden dove placed in the arms above the wavy fess. The word dove in Latin is "columba," and is taken from the arms of Pope Pius XII, who created the new diocese. It additionally honors the titular of the cathedral church in the See City. Below the wavy fess is a golden anvil to honor, represent and acknowledge the industrial landscape that is northeastern Ohio.
For his personal arms, seen in the right side of the shield, Bishop Murry has retained the arms that he adopted at the time of his selection to receive the fullness of Christ's most holy priesthood, as a bishop, when he became an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago, and which he retained during his tenure as Bishop of Saint Thomas, in the United States Virgin Islands.
The Bishop's personal arms are composed of three sections. The upper portion is a blue field on which is seen the monogram of The Holy Name (IHS). This is a central feature of the arms of the Bishop's religious community, the Society of Jesus, and it is by this symbol that Bishop Murry acknowledges the integral part of his life that is "as a Jesuit." In the central portion of the design, on a golden field, is a red phoenix with gold fleur-de-lis on each wingtip. This is a symbol taken from the arms of the Archdiocese of Chicago where His Excellency had the honor to serve as an Auxiliary Bishop. In the base portion, on a white field is a red cross. This configuration is known as a Cross of Saint George and by its use Bishop Murry honors his baptismal patron.
For his motto Bishop Murry continues to use the phrase CHRIST MY LIGHT. By the use of this phrase, he expresses that for the Christian to find his way, one needs a light to follow or a light to find the path on which to go. In either case, that light is Christ, to show the way and to be the goal at the end of the journey.
The achievement in completed by the external ornamentation which are a gold processional cross, and the pontifical hat, called a gallero, with its six tassels in three rows on either side of the shield, all in green. These are the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop, by instruction of The Holy See, of March 31, 1969.
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George V. Murry, S.J., Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, leaves St. John the Evangelist Cathedral after the Mass of the Holy Spirit on August 31, 2018. The mass celebrates the opening of the school year of St. Ignatius High School.