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joseph gray -lrb- bishop -rrb-
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joseph gray -lrb- bishop -rrb-

joseph gray -lrb- 20 october 1919 -- 7 may 1999 -rrb- was an irish-born prelate of the roman catholic church .
he served as the bishop of shrewsbury from 1980 to 1995 .
born in finternagh , county cavan , ireland on 20 october 1919 , educated at st. patrick 's college , cavan , he entered the seminary of st mary 's oscott , birmingham , he was ordained to the priesthood on 20 june 1943 .
he pursued further study in canon law at the dunboyne institute , maynooth college , earning his licentiate in canon law in 1950 , in 1959 he was invited to rome , to study at the pontifical university of st thomas aquinas , where he wrote a thesis for his doctorate in canon law .
he was appointed an auxiliary bishop of liverpool and titular bishop of `` mercia '' on 19 december 1968 .
his consecration to the episcopate took place on 16 february 1969 , the principal consecrator was archbishop george andrew beck of liverpool , and the principal co-consecrators were archbishop george patrick dwyer of birmingham and bishop augustine harris of middlesbrough .
eleven years later , he was appointed the bishop of the diocese of shrewsbury on 19 august 1980 .
he retired on 23 june 1995 and assumed the title bishop emeritus of shrewsbury .
he died on 7 may 1999 , aged 79 .
