What is Cormac Murphy-O'Connor?
[[File:Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor.jpg|thumb|right|Murphy-O'Connor in 2012]] '''Cormac Murphy-O'Connor''' (24 August 1932 – 1 September 2017) was a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church]], Archbishop of Westminster and President of the [[Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales]]. He was created a cardinal by [[Pope John Paul II]] in 2001. He submitted his resignation as archbishop on reaching his 75th birthday in 2007; [[Pope Benedict XVI]] accepted it on 3 April 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/01/cardinal-cormac-murphy-o-connor-obituary|title=Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor obituary|first=Peter|last=Stanford|date=1 September 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> Murphy-O'Connor was born in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], [[Berkshire]], England. He studied at [[Presentation College, Reading]] and at [[Pontifical Gregorian University]]. Murphy-O'Connor died on 1 September 2017 in [[London]] of [[bladder cancer]] at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 1 September 2017 | date= 1 September 2017 | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41129553 | title = Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor dies at 85 | work = BBC News }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy-O'Connor, Cormac}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:British cardinals]] [[Category:People from Berkshire]] [[Category:English Roman Catholic archbishops]] {{bio-stub}}