auxiliary bishop of Chicago titular bishop of Fuerteventura
George V. Murry took which position in Feb 1995?
George V . Murry George Vance Murry S.J . ( December 28 , 1948June 5 , 2020 ) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church and member of the Society of Jesus . He was the Bishop of Youngstown , after previously serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Bishop of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands . He submitted his resignation in May 2020 after suffering a relapse of leukemia , but died before it was accepted . Early life . Murry was born in Camden , New Jersey , on December 28 , 1948 , to Viola Murry and George Vance Murry II . He originally belonged to the African Methodist Episcopal Church but converted to Roman Catholicism when he was a child while attending a parochial school in Baltimore , Maryland . He later graduated from Camden Catholic High School . Murry went on to do undergraduate studies at St . Josephs College in Philadelphia , St . Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield , Connecticut , and St . Marys Seminary in Baltimore , obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 1972 . In that same year , he was admitted as a member of the Society of Jesus ( Jesuits ) . After completing his period of novitiate in 1974 , he went on to obtain a Master of Divinity degree from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and a Masters and Doctorate in American Cultural History from George Washington University in Washington , D.C . On June 9 , 1979 , Mury was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in the Jesuit province of Maryland . Presbyteral ministry . Murry became an assistant professor of American studies at Georgetown University in 1986 , and taught at that institution for four years . He also served as the President of Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington , D.C . from 1989 until 1994 , when he was appointed Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Detroit Mercy . Episcopal ministry . Auxiliary bishop of Chicago ( 1995–1998 ) . Murry was appointed auxiliary bishop of Chicago and titular bishop of Fuerteventura on January 24 , 1995 . He was consecrated bishop on March 20 of that same year . Joseph Bernardin , the Archbishop of Chicago , served as the principal consecrator , assisted by Alfred Leo Abramowicz and Timothy Joseph Lyne . Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Saint Thomas ( 1998–2007 ) . Murry was appointed coadjutor bishop of Saint Thomas on May 5 , 1998 . As such , he had the right of succession , and became ordinary of that diocese on June 30 , 1999 , after the resignation of Elliot Griffin Thomas . Bishop of Youngstown ( 2007–2020 ) . On January 30 , 2007 , Pope Benedict XVI appointed Murry as the fifth Bishop of Youngstown . Later that year , he was elected Secretary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ( USCCB ) , and he was re-elected to a three-year term the following year . Murry served on numerous boards , including those of the University of Detroit , St . Josephs University , Mount St . Marys College , Loyola Academy in Detroit , and Catholic Relief Services . He was a trustee of Loyola University Chicago and Fairfield University , and was chairman of the Committee on Domestic Policy of the USCCB . He was appointed Chair of the National Catholic Educational Association in 2015 , where he served until the end of 2017 . In September 2015 , Pope Francis appointed Murry a member of the Synod of Bishops that met the following month to discuss family life . 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 : It 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 . In April 2018 , Murry was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia . He received chemotherapy treatment at the Cleveland Clinic . On September 4 , 2018 , he returned to work part-time at the Diocese . After being in remission , Murry suffered a relapse in April 2020 . He submitted his resignation on May 26 , 2020 , four years before the mandatory retirement age of 75 . Murry died on June 5 , 2020 , after being admitted to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , in New York City , for treatment earlier that week .