Episcopal Career
Conway was appointed Titular Bishop of Neve and Auxiliary of Armagh on 31 May 1958, consecrated on 27 July 1958 in St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh where he served under Cardinal John D'Alton. He was made Administrator of St. Mary's Church in Dundalk and at forty-five was the youngest Bishop in Ireland at the time. After D'Alton's death Conway was appointed Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland on 9 September 1963 by Pope Paul VI.
Conway was the leading Irish participant in the Second Vatican Council, at which his peritus was future Archbishop of Armagh Cahal Daly.
On 22 February 1965 he was raised by Pope Paul VI to the Cardinalate at the same consistory as his friend John Carmel Heenan of Westminster. Cardinal Conway was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of San Patrizio.
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