Michael Cox (bishop)

For other people named Michael Cox, see Michael Cox (disambiguation).

Michael Patrick O'Connor Cox is a bishop in the Irish Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church, an independent Catholic denomination in Ireland. He attracted attention for ordaining the singer Sinéad O'Connor.

Ministry

Cox claims apostolic succession as a bishop from the Palmarian Catholic Church through the episcopal lineage of Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục, the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Huế in Vietnam.

In April 1999, Cox ordained female rock singer Sinéad O'Connor as a priest.^[1] Her ordination ceremony, after six weeks of theological study, was held in a Lourdes hotel bedroom. O'Connor then assumed the name of "Mother Bernadette Mary". In 1992, O'Connor had torn up a photo of Pope John Paul II on live television during a performance on Saturday Night Live, leading to hundreds of complaints to the TV show. In 1997, she apologized to the Pope for that action.

In 2004, Cox again made headlines when he commissioned an old trawler, consecrated it and renamed it "The Little Bishop" in order to protest against the abortion ship being sailed into Ireland by the pro-choice feminist group Women on Waves.^[2]

Political career

Cox was an independent candidate for the Irish general election, 2011 in the Laois-Offaly constituency, coming last with 60 votes.^[3]

See also

• Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

References

1. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/328709.stm O'Connor becomes a 'priest - The BBC - May 4, 1999
2. ^ Bishop pledges to sail from Fenit to block "abortion boat" - irish examiner archives
3. ^ Laois-Offaly - 2011 Candidates, RTÉ News, 25 February 2011

External links

• Seventh Lineage (Thuc Consecrations) - Outline of Episcopi Vagantes
• Bishop Pat Buckley
• Archbishop Pierre Martin Ngô-dinh-Thuc lineage

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