Background
Thomas Murphy was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the second of five children of Thomas Andrew and Ella Cecilia (née Brady) Murphy.
Thomas Murphy was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the second of five children of Thomas Andrew and Ella Cecilia (née Brady) Murphy.
He received his early education at Saint Martin parochial school, and graduated from high school in 1925. He attended Saint Charles College in Catonsville and Saint Mary"s Seminary in Baltimore.
He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1962 to 1984. On June 10, 1937, he was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley. His first assignment was as a curate at his hometown parish of Saint Martin Church and afterward at Saint Dominic Church.
In 1951, Murphy was transferred to Saint Rose of Lima Church, of which he became pastor in 1961.
On May 23, 1962, Murphy was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore and Titular Bishop of Appiaria by Pope John XXIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following July 3 from Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, with Bishops John Joyce Russell and Michael William Hyle serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. He remained as pastor of Saint Rose until 1972, but continued his residence there.
He continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his retirement on May 29, 1984. Murphy died at age 80, and was buried in the crypt at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore.
He also served as director of the Legion of Decency, moderator of the Archdiocesan Veteran Mission Crusade, and a member of the Archdiocesan Tribunal, Clergymen"s Interfaith Committee on Human Rights, and Social Action Committee.