Episcopate
He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston on November 21, 1995 and consecrated a month later on December 27, 1995. Pope John Paul II appointed Murphy to succeed the late Bishop James T. McHugh to head the Diocese of Rockville Centre on June 26, 2001. He was installed as the Fourth Bishop of Rockville Centre on September 5, 2001.
Murphy is also a member of the Board of Trustees of The Catholic University of America. He signed the document Evangelicals and Catholics Together. In 2007 he was appointed the head of the Domestic Policy Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, that advises the U.S. Catholic church to shape positions on issues ranging from welfare to health care to the death penalty.
Murphy has a reputation as an orthodox church conservative although non-confrontational. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish.
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