Bishop William F. Murphy remembered as 'magnanimous' leader of Rockville Centre Diocese at funeral
Tributes and praise for Bishop William F. Murphy at his funeral Mass on Tuesday included words like "wise" and "magnanimous" to describe him across 15 sometimes restive years
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Bishop William Murphy talks about his excitement for the newly elected Pope to students at St. Anthony's High School during a prayer service at Huntington March 14, 2013. .
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Funeral services for Bishop William Murphy, Tusday, April 7, 2026 at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre.
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Funeral services for Bishop William Murphy, Tusday, April 7, 2026 at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre.
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Funeral services for Bishop William Murphy, Tusday, April 7, 2026 at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre.
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Funeral services for Bishop William Murphy, Tusday, April 7, 2026 at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre.
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Funeral services for Bishop William Murphy, Tusday, April 7, 2026 at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre.
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Funeral services for Bishop William Murphy, Tusday, April 7, 2026 at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre.
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Funeral services for Bishop William Murphy, Tusday, April 7, 2026 at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre.
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Bishop William Murphy conducts mass for the dedication of the altar and baptismal font of newly renovated St Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Center, March 18, 2016.
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Bishop William Murphy conducts Christmas mass at St Agnes Cathedral on Sunday, December 25, 2011 in Rockville Centre, New York.
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Bishop of Rockville Centre William Murphy talking to the media about the new Pope at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, March 13, 2013
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Archbishop Timothy Dolan with Bishop William Murphy after Archbishop Dolan is presented with a Mets jersey, New York Mets vs. the Milwaukee Brewers at Citifield April 17, 2009
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Bishop William Murphy celebrate Mass in Hicksville, NY, March 3, 2012.
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Bishop William Murphy and other Catholics protest the failure of state legislators to include in this year's budget the proposed Education Investment Tax Credit in Melville on May 22, 2014.
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Bishop William Murphy leads Christmas mass at St. Agnes Cathedral on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016 in Rockville Centre.
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The formal photo was taken for Bishop Murphy's ordination in 1964.
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