Justin J. McCarthy

Justin Joseph McCarthy (November 26, 1900 – December 26, 1959) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1][3] Upon his return to New Jersey in 1927, McCarthy served as professor of sacred scripture and homiletics at Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University.

[4] He received his episcopal consecration on June 11, 1954, from Archbishop Thomas Boland, with Bishops Bartholomew J. Eustace and James A. McNulty serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Newark.

[6] On March 22, 1957, McCarthy suffered a heart attack and was admitted to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden.

[6] In 1957, he opened a mobile chapel for migrant workers, and in 1959 secured the services of four Oblates of the Sacred Heart Sisters to teach religion and do social work at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Camden.