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John Charles McQuaid

Denomination	Roman Catholic
Senior posting
See	Dublin
Title	Archbishop of Dublin
Period in office	1940 —1971
Predecessor	Edward Joseph Byrne
Successor	Dermot J. Ryan
Religious career
Priestly ordination	29 June 1924
Previous bishoprics	none
Previous post	Teacher
Personal
Date of birth	July 28, 1895
Place of birth	Cavan

John Charles McQuaid was born in Cootehill, County Cavan in 1895. He joined the religious congregation, the Holy Ghost Fathers, where he taught at the highly regarded school Blackrock College in Dublin, which had educated many senior Irish political and business leaders. As Fr. McQuaid, he was close to former Blackrock College teacher and President of the Executive Council (prime minister) Eamon de Valera, and influenced de Valera in drafting the modern Irish constitution (Bunreacht na hEireann). shot of Pro-Cathedral in Dublin. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Primate of Ireland is a title possessed by the Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland (Anglican) Archbishops of Dublin. ... Edward Joseph Byrne (10 June 1872- 9 Feb 1940) served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin from 1921 until his death in 1940. ... Dermot J. Ryan (26 June 1924 - 21 Feb 1985) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin from 1971 until 1984. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... Cavan (An Cabhán in Irish, meaning the hollow) is the main town and administrative centre of County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. ... Cootehill is a small market town in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Cavan Code: CN Area: 1,931 km² Population (2002) 56,546 Website: www. ... The Congregation of the Holy Spirit and Immaculate Heart of Mary (known more simply as the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, or in Latin, Congregatio Sancti Spiriti (CSSp) is a Roman Catholic congregation of priests. ... Blackrock College (Irish: Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe) is a Catholic, voluntary, fee-paying secondary school for boys, located in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... The President of the Executive Council (Irish: Uachtaráin na hArd-Chomhairle) was the head of government or prime minister of the 1922-1937 Irish Free State, and the leader of the Executive Council (cabinet). ... Eamon de Valera (born Edward George de Valera, sometimes Gaelicised Éamon de Bhailéara; October 14, 1882 – August 29, 1975), was an Irish politician, best known as a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the early 20th century, and... The Constitution of Ireland is the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland. ...

Archbishop of Dublin

In 1940, he was made Archbishop of Dublin. As Archbishop, he proved to be a highly influential political figure. In the early 1950s, Noel Browne, the First Inter-Party Government's Minister of Health, - shocked by the absence of ante-natal care for pregnant women, and the resulting infant mortality rates in deeply-Catholic Ireland - proposed providing free access to health care for mothers and children in a new Mother and Child Scheme. The Archbishop's criticism of the scheme, compounded by political misjudgments by Browne, as well as tensions between Browne and Sean MacBride, his political party leader, and Browne's behaviour towards other ministers, helped pave the way for the government's decision to withdraw the scheme. 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... The 1950s were the decade that traditionally speaking, spanned the years 1950 through 1959. ... Dr. Noel Christopher Browne (20 December 1915-21 May 1997) was an Irish politician and doctor. ... The 13th Dáil was elected on February 4, 1957 and first met on February 18 when the 5th Government of Ireland was appointed. ... Noel Browne (20 December 1915-21 May 1997) was an Irish politician and doctor. ... Seán MacBride (26 January 1904 – 15 January 1988) was a senior Irish politician, barrister, revolutionary & statesman. ...

There was continuing conflict between McQuaid and de Valera. In 1946 he supported the national teachers’ strike, to de Valera’s considerable annoyance.

Styles of John Charles McQuaid

Reference style The Most Reverend Spoken style Your Grace Religious style Monsignor Posthumous style none

McQuaid was never made a cardinal. Joseph Walsh, the Irish minister to the Holy See, had warned the Vatican that if McQuaid was elevated “the Nuncio would have endless difficulties, with every sphere of his activities, owing to this deplorable weakness in [ McQuaid’s] character, already so well known to the Holy See”. Image File history File links Patriarchal_or_Archbishop_Cross. ... A style of office, or honorific, is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the political office itself. ... The Reverend is an honorary prefix to the names of most Christian clergy and ministers. ... His Grace or Her Grace was the style used to address the monarch of Scotland up to the Act of Union of 1707, which merged the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. ... Monsignor is an ecclesiastical honorific used by certain priests and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals during a consistory. ...

McQuaid was critical of post-Vatican II Catholicism. When making his automatic offer of retirement from his see to Pope Paul VI, he was stunned to have it accepted, and further stunned when one of his internal church critics, the liberal Dermot Ryan, was appointed to his post instead. The Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965. ... The Servant of God Pope Paul VI (Latin: ), born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and as sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. ...

McQuaid died in his private residence in Killiney in Dublin in 1973. He is buried in St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin, the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop. Killiney (Cill Iníon Léinín in Irish, meaning church of the daughters of Leinin) is a township in south County Dublin, Republic of Ireland on the outskirts of Dublin city. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... St. ...

Edward Joseph Byrne (10 June 1872- 9 Feb 1940) served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin from 1921 until his death in 1940. ... Primate of Ireland is a title possessed by the Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland (Anglican) Archbishops of Dublin. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Dermot J. Ryan (26 June 1924 - 21 Feb 1985) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin from 1971 until 1984. ...

References

• John Whyte – Church and State in Modern Ireland 1923-1979
• Bernard J Canning – Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987
• Patrick Corish – The Irish Catholic Experience
• Dermot Keogh – Ireland and the Vatican. (1995)