Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (1912-1920) Coadjutor Bishop of Altoona (1920)
Orders
Ordination
October 14, 1883 by Jeremiah F. Shanahan
Consecration
September 17, 1912 by Edmond Francis Prendergast
Personal details
Born
(1860-02-16)February 16, 1860
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
April 21, 1936(1936-04-21) (aged 76) Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
John Joseph McCort (February 16, 1860 – April 21, 1936) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Altoona from 1920 until his death in 1936.
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JohnJosephMcCort (February 16, 1860 – April 21, 1936) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Altoona from 1920 until...
was the likes of Mayor John E. Reyburn and Judge Mayer Sulzberger. Due to his own advanced age (68), he received JohnJosephMcCort as an auxiliary in 1912...
Catholic High School was renamed to Bishop McCort High School, in honor of the late Bishop JohnJosephMcCort, whose vision had begun the work 40 years...
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the King Seminary on September 22, 1980, and was assigned to serve at St. Joseph Parish in Warren, Pennsylvania. Bartchak was ordained a priest for the Diocese...
consecration on February 6, 1918 from Bishop Michael John Hoban, with Bishops Philip R. McDevitt and JohnJosephMcCort serving as co-consecrators. In addition to...
leaving vacant the Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles. Bishop John Joseph McCort, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was named to succeed...
Michael Joseph Fitzgerald (born May 23, 1948) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church, having served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of...
on the following September 19 from Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty, with Bishops JohnJosephMcCort and Thomas Walsh serving as co-consecrators. As an...
restrooms, and backstage areas. JohnCort received the rights to operate the theater in January 1912, and the Cort Theatre opened on December 20, 1912...
ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Erie by then Bishop Dennis Joseph Dougherty on June 2, 1917. He then served as a curate at St. Stephen Parish...
Philomelium by Pope John XXIII. He received his episcopal consecration on February 25, 1960, from Bishop George W. Ahr, with Bishops James A. McNulty and James...
yellow fever, and Egan joined John Rossiter, the pastor of another of Philadelphia's four Catholic churches, St. Joseph's, in ministering to the sick....
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Apostolic of the London District, assisted by Fathers James Bramston and Joseph Francis Carpue. The see of Philadelphia had been vacant since the death...