Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop John J. Glynn of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, who is 76.

Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, papal nuncio to the United States, made the announcement Aug. 13 in Washington.

Church law requires bishops to turn in their resignation when they reach 75. Bishop Glynn, a priest since 1951 and a bishop since 1992, turned 75 on Aug. 6, 2001.

Born in Boston, John J. Glynn attended Boston Latin School and St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Mass., and was ordained to the priesthood for the Boston Archdiocese on April 11, 1951.

After ordination he served in parish assignments. He entered the Navy chaplain corps in 1960 and served both in the United States and abroad, including two tours in Vietnam. He served as personnel director of the Office of the Navy Chief of Chaplains in Washington and at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. He retired from the military in 1985.

In May 1986, he was appointed to the staff of the central office for military ordinariates at the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops. In 1990 he was named vice chancellor and vicar for chaplains of the military archdiocese.

He was named an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services in December 1991 and was ordained in January 1992.

Bishop Glynn often assisted with the annual confirmation schedule at parishes throughout the Arlington Diocese.