death_date consecration nationality article_title term birth_date archdiocese term_end church title term_start rank diocese name consecrated_by predecessor birth_place type ordained_by previous_post appointed successor ordination
28 february 1961 24 september 1935 irish michael mcgrath -lrb- bishop -rrb-
 1940-1961 24 march 1882 cardiff 28 february 1961 roman catholic archbishop of cardiff 1940 metropolitan archbishop cardiff michael joseph mcgrath francis mostyn francis mostyn kilkenny , ireland archbishop george burton bishop of menevia -lrb- 1935-1940 -rrb- 20 april 1940 john murphy 12 july 1908
michael mcgrath -lrb- bishop -rrb-

michael joseph mcgrath -lrb- 24 march 1882 -- 28 february 1961 -rrb- was an irish-born prelate of the roman catholic church .
he served first as the bishop of menevia from 1935 to 1940 , then the archbishop of cardiff from 1940 to 1961 .
born in kilkenny , ireland on 24 march 1882 , educated locally by the christian brothers and at rockwell college -lrb- earning a ba from the royal university of ireland -rrb- .
after training for the prieshood in st. john 's college , waterford , he was ordained to the priesthood on 12 july 1908 .
he was appointed the bishop of the diocese of menevia on 10 august 1935 .
his consecration to the episcopate took place on 24 september 1935 , the principal consecrator was archbishop francis mostyn of cardiff , and the principal co-consecrators were bishop william lee of clifton and bishop ambrose james moriarty of shrewsbury .
five years later , mcgrath was translated to the archdiocese of cardiff as archbishop on 20 june 1940 .
he was awarded an honorary d.litt by the national university of ireland .
he died in office on 28 february 1961 , aged 78 .
