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Richard Joseph Fitzgerald
Richard Joseph
Fitzgerald
was an Irish-born Roman
Catholic prelate
who served as the
Bishop of Gibraltar
from 1927 to
1956
.
Born in
Midleton
,
County Cork, Ireland
on
12 August
1881, he was
ordained
to the
priesthood
on
15 August
1905. He served as a curate in Macrrom Co. Cork. He was
appointed
the
Bishop
of the
Diocese of Gibraltar
by
Pope Pius XI
on 25
May 1927
. His
consecration
to the
Episcopate
took place on
9 October
1927; the
principal consecrator
was the
Most Reverend
John Harty
,
Archbishop of Cashel
, with the Most Reverend
James Roche
,
Bishop of Ross
and
the Right
Reverend
Peter Amigo
,
Bishop of Southwark
, serving as co-consecrators.
Bishop Fitzgerald
died in office
on 15
February 1956
, aged 74.