Background
Murry, George Vance was born on December 28, 1948 in Camden, New Jersey, United States.
Murry, George Vance was born on December 28, 1948 in Camden, New Jersey, United States.
Bachelor, St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, 1972. Master of Divinity, Jesuit School Theology, Berkeley, California. Master of Philosophy in American Cultural History, George Washington University, Washington.
Doctor of Philosophy in American Cultural History, George Washington University, Washington.
He has been the Bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown since 2007. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1995 to 1999 and as the bishop of the Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands from 1999 to 2007. Murry did undergraduate studies at Saint Joseph"s College in Philadelphia and Saint Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut before receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Saint Mary"s Seminary in Baltimore.
He was ordained a Catholic priest on June 9, 1979.
Murry became a professor at the University of Detroit. He was consecrated on March 20 of that year by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin.
In May 1998, Pope John Paul appointed Murray Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands. Upon the resignation of Elliot Griffin Thomas in June 1999, he automatically succeeded to the office of bishop of the diocese.
On January 30, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown.
Later that year, he was elected Secretary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and he was re-elected to a three-year term the following year. Murry has served on numerous boards, including those of the University of Detroit, Saint Joseph"s University, Mount Saint Mary"s College, Loyola Academy in Detroit, and Loyola University Chicago. He has served as the chairman of the Committee on Domestic Policy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and on the board of directors for the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, and the Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount Saint Mary"s Seminary of the West, Cincinnati, Ohio.
At that meeting, he said he supported the view that church practice toward the divorced and remarried could change without altering doctrine.
He said he supported greater participation from theologians, cultural historians, and other experts, and that the Synod needed to find a way to hear the voices of the people who were the subject of its discussions. He also supported the creation of commission to consider allowing women to serve as deacons.
He said: "lieutenant would be a wise idea to look into it, to learn more about it and then to present a proposal to the pope to say there either are theological problems, or not. And if not, let’s move forward.".
He is a member of the boards of Fairfield University and Catholic Relief Services. In September 2015, Pope Francis appointed Murray a member of the Synod of Bishops that met the following month to discuss family life.