Joseph Edward McCarthy

Joseph Edward McCarthy (November 14, 1876 – September 8, 1955) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Portland in Maine from 1932 until his death in 1955.

Biography

Early life Joseph McCarthy was born on November 14, 1876, in Waterbury, Connecticut. He attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. McCarthy was ordained to the priesthood in Paris by Bishop Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière for the Archdiocese of Hartford on July 4, 1903. McCarthy then taught Greek and French at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

In 1938, McCarthy purchased the former Portland home of railroad executive Morris McDonald as his official residence.

He died in Portland, Maine, on September 8, 1955, at age 78. He is buried in Waterbury.