William McDermott
Catholic bishop (1930-2013)
William Dermott Molloy McDermott (10 May 1930 in Dublin, Ireland - 19 August 2013 in Lima, Peru) was the Bishop of the Diocese of Huancavelica, Peru.
Biography
Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1930, McDermott studied for the priesthood first with the Dominicans, then at St. Patrick's, Carlow College, completing his studies he was ordained a priest on 5 June 1955 for the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, United States. Known as "Monseñor Demetrio", he became a Peruvian missionary several years later. For fourteen years, he led a rural parish in Huancarama in the Apurímac Region, where he learned the Quechua language.
On 19 May 1976 he was appointed, by Pope Paul VI, Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Huancavelica. He was ordained a bishop on 4 June of the same year. The Principal Consecrator was Enrique Pélach y Feliú, Bishop of Abancay and Co-Consecrators were Alcides Mendez Castro, titular Archbishop of Pederoniana and Military Ordinary for Peru, and Florencio Romani, Bishop of Huancavélica.
On 14 January 1982 he was appointed Bishop of Huancavelica. He knew govern his diocese in very difficult times for material and spiritual poverty and terrorism.
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