Fr. Bernard Marie Murphy, CFR is a former General Servant (Superior) of the Community of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, a relatively new Franciscan community established in 1987 under the patronage of the late John Cardinal O’Connor, Archbishop of New York. Prior to his position of General Servant, Fr. Bernard served as Vocation Director, Postulant Director, and Novice Master. Initially entering religious life in 1980 as a brother in another community, Fr. Bernard transferred to the Friars in 1993 and was ordained a priest in 1998.
