Bishop Murry submits resignation to Pope Francis | Murry’s present state of health leaves him less able to fulfill his tasks as bishop for the Diocese of Youngstown.
YOUNGSTOWN, May 26 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown has announced that Bishop George V. Murry, S.J., has submitted to Pope Francis his resignation from the office of diocesan bishop for reasons of ill health.
Diagnosed with a form of acute leukemia in April 2018, Murry underwent intensive chemotherapy at the Cleveland Clinic. In July 2019, he reentered the Cleveland Clinic for a reoccurrence of leukemia. At that time, tests confirmed that he was in remission and that doctors were not recommending a bone marrow transplant.
His leukemia returned this past April and he resumed treatment. With this third bout of leukemia, Murry’s present state of health leaves him less able to fulfill the tasks entrusted to him as bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown.
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