The death has occurred of:
Right Reverend Monsignor JOHN JAMES MURPHY
August 6, 2016, peacefully, at Lagan Valley Hospital.
His remains are reposing in the Church of St. Peter the Rock, Stoneyford. Midday Prayer and Requiem Mass to be celebrated on Tuesday 9th August at 12.00 noon. Interment afterwards in adjoining cemetery.
Deeply regretted by the Bishops and Priests of the Diocese of Down and Connor, family members, parishioners of Hannahstown and the Rock, his loyal and devoted housekeeper, Mary Peyton, (Society of Madonna delle Strada).
Mary Queen of Apostles, pray for him.