Joseph McCormack was an English

English people

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 prelate

Prelate

A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...

 who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle

Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle

The Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle in the Province of Liverpool, known also on occasion as the Northern Province.-History:...

 from 1936 to 1958.

Born on 17 May 1887, he was ordained

Holy Orders

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 to the priesthood

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 on 11 August 1912. He was appointed the Bishop

Bishop (Catholic Church)

In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....

 of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite centred around St Mary's Cathedral in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in England...

 by the Holy See

Holy See

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 on 30 December 1936, and consecrated

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 to the Episcopate

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 on 4 February 1937. The principal consecrator

Consecrator

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 was Archbishop Richard Downey

Richard Downey

Richard Downey was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Liverpool from 1928 until his death....

 of Liverpool, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Thomas Shine

Thomas Shine

Thomas Shine was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Middlesbrough from 1929 to 1955....

 of Middlesbrough and Bishop Henry John Poskitt

Henry John Poskitt

Henry John Poskitt was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fourth Bishop of Leeds.-Life and ministry:...

 of Leeds.

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

Ushaw College

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