Joseph Carroll McCormick

Who is Joseph Carroll McCormick?

Joseph Carroll McCormick was a Roman Catholic bishop.

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook and the Pontifical Roman Seminary in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood by his uncle, Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty, on July 10, 1932. He served as vice-chancellor, and later chancellor, of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. He became pastor of St. Stephen's Church in 1944.

On January 11, 1947, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia and Titular Bishop of Ruspae by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 23 from Cardinal Dougherty, with Bishops Hugh L. Lamb and Eugene J. McGuinness serving as co-consecrators.

He was named Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown on June 25, 1960, and attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. He became Bishop of Scranton on March 4, 1966, and resigned almost 17 years later on February 15, 1983.

He later died at age 89.