Background
Mccarty, William T. was born on August 11, 1889 in Crossingville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Timothy and Margaret (Burns) Mccarty.
Mccarty, William T. was born on August 11, 1889 in Crossingville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Timothy and Margaret (Burns) Mccarty.
Educated Saint Mary's College, North East, Pennsylvania, 1903-1909, Mount Saint Alphonsus Seminary, Esopus, New York, 1910-1916.
He was later ordained to the priesthood in Esopus on June 10, 1915. McCarty then returned to Pennsylvania and taught at Saint Mary"s College in North East from 1916 to 1917. He taught at Mount Saint Alphonsus Seminary in Esopus (1918-1926), where he also served as prefect of studies (1921-1930).
From 1930 to 1933, he was an assistant rector at the Mission Church in Boston, Massachusetts.
He then returned to Mount Saint Alphonsus as its rector, serving between 1933 and 1939. From 1939 to 1943, McCarty served as provincial of the Redemptorists" Eastern Province.
On January 2, 1943, McCarty was appointed Auxiliary Bishop for the United States. Armed Forces and Titular Bishop of Anaea by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following January 25 from Archbishop Francis Spellman, with Bishops Molloy and O"Hara, Computer Sciences Corporation, serving as co-consecrators. He was named Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota, on April 10, 1947.
McCarty later succeeded the late John Jeremiah Lawler as the fourth Bishop of Rapid City upon the latter"s death on March 11, 1948.
He attended the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965. After twenty-one years of service, McCarty retired as Bishop of Rapid City on September 11, 1969. He was appointed Titular Bishop of Rotdon by Pope Paul VI on the same date.
He resigned his titular see on January 13, 1971.
He died in 1972, aged 83.
He made his profession as a member of the Redemptorists on August 2, 1910 in Ilchester.
