John Michael McNamara

John Michael McNamara (August 12, 1878 – November 26, 1960) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland from 1927 to 1947 and of the Archdiocese of Washington in the District of Columbia from 1947 until his death in 1960.

Biography

Early life John McNamara was born on August 12, 1878, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Michael and Margaret (née McNeally) McNamara. He studied at Loyola College and at St. Mary's Seminary, both in Baltimore. He then did pastoral work in the archdiocese and in the Diocese of Wilmington. McNamara was the founding pastor of St. Gabriel Parish in Washington, D.C. in 1919.