John Edgar McCafferty

Most Reverend John E. McCafferty
Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester
Church	Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Tanudaia
Appointed	January 5, 1968
In office	June 14, 1968 - April 30, 1980 (died in office)
Orders
Ordination	March 17, 1945
Consecration	March 14, 1968 by Luigi Raimondi
Personal details
Born	January 6, 1920 New York, New York
Died	April 30, 1980(1980-04-30) (aged 60) Rochester, New York

John Edgar McCafferty (January 6, 1920 – April 30, 1980) was a Bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rochester from 1968 to 1980.

Biography

Born in New York City, John McCafferty was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Rochester on March 17, 1945.

On January 5, 1968 Pope Paul VI appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Tanudaia and Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester. He was consecrated bishop by Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, the Apostolic Delegate to the United States, on June 14, 1968. The principal co-consecrators were Rochester Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Bishop Emeritus James E. Kearney.

McCafferty served as an auxiliary bishop until his death on April 30, 1980, at the age of 60.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Bishop John Edgar McCafferty". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
^ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees". Giga-Catholic. Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2014-02-05.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester
Ordinaries	Bishops Bernard John McQuaid Thomas Francis Hickey John Francis O'Hern Edward Mooney James E. Kearney Fulton J. Sheen Joseph Lloyd Hogan Matthew H. Clark Salvatore Ronald Matano John S. Bonnici Coadjutor bishop Thomas Francis Hickey Auxiliary bishops Lawrence B. Casey John Edgar McCafferty Dennis Walter Hickey
Churches	Cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral, Rochester Parishes Immaculate Conception Church, Rochester Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church, Rochester St. Charles Borromeo Church, Greece St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church Complex, Bloomfield Saint George Roman Catholic Lithuanian Church, Rochester St. Mary's Church, Rochester Saint Michael's Church, Rochester St. Rose Roman Catholic Church Complex, Lima Former parishes Our Mother of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church Complex, Greece St. Joseph's Church and Rectory, Rochester
Education	Seminary St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry, Pittsford Former seminaries Whitefriars Scholasticate, Auburn St. Michael's Divine Word Seminary, Conesus Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, Geneva St. John's Atonement Seminary, Montour Falls Precious Blood Minor Seminary, Rochester St. Andrew's Preparatory Seminary, Rochester St. Basil's Novitiate, Rochester Saint Bernard's Seminary, Rochester St. Anthony Minor Seminary, Watkins Glen High schools The Aquinas Institute of Rochester Bishop Kearney High School, Irondequoit McQuaid Jesuit High School, Brighton Notre Dame High School, Elmira Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women, Brighton Former high schools Holy Family High School, Auburn Mount Carmel High School, Auburn Academy of Our Lady of Angels, Elmira Elmira Catholic High School, Elmira DeSales High School, Geneva Cardinal Mooney High School, Greece St. Ann's High School, Hornell St. Rose's High School, Lima Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Rochester Academy of St. Joseph, Rochester Academy of the Sacred Heart, Rochester Nazareth Academy, Rochester St. Agnes High School, Rochester St. Mary's High School, Rochester St. Joseph's Business High School, Rochester
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