Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy

The Most Reverend Daniel T. Murphy OSA, DD
Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Chulucanas
In office	October 28, 2000 — January 10th, 2025
Predecessor	Juan Conway McNabb
Successor	Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral
Orders
Ordination	December 21, 1968
Consecration	August 17, 1996 by  Fortunato Baldelli and Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor
Personal details
Born	(1943-01-25)January 25, 1943 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy (born January 25, 1943) is an American born bishop in the Catholic Church and is the bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Chulucanas in the Piura Region of Peru, serving from 2000 until April 2nd, 2020. ^[1]

Biography

Early life and priesthood

Daniel Turley was born in Chicago, Illinois to Anne and John Turley; he has a brother and a sister. ^[2] He attended high school at Mendel Catholic High School in Chicago, graduating in 1960 and participating in the math club and baseball. ^{[3] [4]} He professed simple vows in the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel in the Order of St. Augustine on September 4, 1961 and took solemn vows three years later. ^{[3] [5]} He was ordained a Catholic priest on December 21, 1968 and began to work as a missionary in Peru the following year. ^[6] During the internal conflict in Peru in the 1980s and 1990s, Turley worked in the Pacaipampa District and served as local superior at the same time that Robert Prevost, the future Leo XIV, was working in the area. ^{[6] [7]} In 1987, the Augustinians created a specific vicariate serving the church in Peru with Turley in charge. ^[8] Members of the Shining Path attacked Turley's parish church, as well as bombing the mayor's office of the town. ^[9]

Episcopacy

On May 25, 1996, Pope John Paul II named Turley as the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Chulucanas. He was ordained a bishop on August 17, 1996, by Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, OSA of Chulucanas. The co-consecrators were Archbishop Fortunato Baldelli the Apostolic Nuncio to Peru and Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor of Piura. He succeeded to the See of Chulucanas upon the resignation of Bishop McNabb on October 28, 2000. ^[10] In 2005, Turley attempted to mediate conflict between Peruvian miners in Piura and the mining company when a protest march of miners was stopped by police and seven civilians were killed. ^{[11] [12]} His advocacy against foreign interests mining in Peru prompted death threats. ^[13]

He was elected to the Permanent Council of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Villanova University. ^[14]

In February of 2020, Pope Francis accepted Turley's resignation from his office as bishop of Chulucanas and appointed Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral as his successor. ^[15] Upon retirement he returned to his native Chicago and works with Augustinian pre-novices as well as in the Confirmation program for the Archdiocese of Chicago. ^{[9] [7]}

Notes

1. "Pope Francis appoints Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral as Bishop of Chulucanas (Peru)". Religion Digital. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
2. "Obituary for Anne M. TURLEY". Chicago Tribune. 1997-07-12. p. 149. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
3. "Most Rev Daniel T Turley 60 | Mendel Hall of Fame". mendelchs.org. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
4. Mendel Catholic High School (Chicago, Ill ) (1960). Monarch. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. [Chicago, Illinois] : Mendel Catholic High School.
5. Augustinians, The (2020-04-06). "Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A., Retires". The Augustinians. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
6. "Bishop Turley, Chicago native, receives award from Peruvian bishops". Crux. 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
7. Jurkiewicz, Colleen (2025-07-08). "Pope Leo's Longtime Friend Shares Insights". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
8. Kelly, John J. (1989). Adventure in faith : the story of the Chulucanas Prelature. Internet Archive. Villanova, Pa. : Augustinian Historical Institute, Villanova University. ISBN   978-0-941491-42-6.
9. Clarke, Kevin (2025-05-13). "A missionary pope: What Pope Leo XIV's years in Peru tell us about how he'll lead the church". America Magazine. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
10. "Bishop Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy profile". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2010-05-18.^{[ self-published source ]}
11. Empresa Editorial Aurios (2005-08-03). Jornada. Edición № 13595 de 3 de agosto de 2005.
12. NEWSLETTER ARTICLE PERU: COPPER MINE CONFLICT LEAVES 7 DEAD Escobar, Ramiro Global Information Network, 2005, p.1 LIMA, Aug. 4, 2005 (IPS/GIN) -- Seven local farmers were killed when police attempted to block a protest march to the site of a copper mine under exploration by a British firm in the northwestern Peruvian region of Piura, according to local residents, authorities and a Catholic bishop. The protesters from the Andean highland communities of Yanta, Pujan, Segundo and Cajas in the region of Piura, located 1,000 km from Lima, were killed in clashes with the police on Monday and Tuesday, said Bishop Daniel Turley, who is based Chulucanas DISTRICT near the mine where demonstrators began to converge last week. Turley was attempting to broker talks between the local communities and the Minera Majaz mining company, a subsidiary of the London-based Monterrico Metals that is exploring a copper deposit in Rio Blanco near major fresh water reserves that could be polluted by the mining project.
13. The Catholic World Report 2007-11: Vol 17 Iss 10. November 2007 – via Internet Archive.
14. "Augustinian Achievers". midwestaugustinians.org. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
15. "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2025-09-23.