William McDermott (Roman Catholic Bishop)
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William Dermott Molloy McDermott (born 10 May 1930) is the Bishop
Bishop
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 Emeritus
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 of the Diocese of Huancavelica, Peru
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. He was born in Dublin, County Dublin
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, Ireland
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. He was ordained a priest
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 on 5 June 1955 for the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama
Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama
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, United States
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. On 19 May 1976 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop
Auxiliary bishop
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 for the Diocese of Huancavelica and Titular Bishop
Titular bishop
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 of Thucca in Mauretania
Thucca in Mauretania
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. He was ordained a bishop on 4 June, of the same year. The Principal Consecrator
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 was Bishop Enrique Pélach y Feliú; his Principal Co-Consecrators were Archbishop Alcides Castro and Bishop Florencio Romani, C.SS.R. On 14 January 1982 he was appointed Bishop of Huancavelica. He retired on 18 June 2006.
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