Bishop George Vance Murry, S.J., was born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1948. After graduating from Camden Catholic High School, he attended St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1972, he entered the Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1979. Bishop Murry holds a Master’s degree in Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, California, as well as a Master’s and a Doctorate in American Cultural History from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Bishop Murry has served in several prominent roles, including as a professor of American Cultural History at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., president of Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Detroit.
In 1995, Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago. In May 1999, he was appointed Bishop of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. On January 30, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him the fifth bishop of Youngstown.
Bishop Murry has served on numerous boards, including Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois, Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the University of Detroit in Detroit, Michigan. Currently, he is a member of the board of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, Walsh University in Canton, Ohio, and The Center for the Study of Church Management at Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and serves on the Committee on Domestic Justice, Peace, and Human Development. In November 2007, he was elected Secretary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and chair of the Committee on Priorities and Plans.
Bishop Murry passed away on June 5, 2020 in New York City at aged 71.
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