Patrick Vincent Ahern

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Patrick Vincent Ahern (born March 8, 1919 in New York City , † March 19, 2011 ibid) was an American clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in New York .

Life

Patrick Vincent Ahern came after the visit of Manhattan College and Cathedral College, New York City, in the seminary of St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers one. He also studied at Saint Louis University in St. Louis and the University of Notre Dame , South Bend . On January 27, 1945 he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New York . He was initially active in the parish of St. Helena in the Bronx and until 1955 in the Archdiocesan Mission Band . After working at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York , he was private secretary to Cardinal Francis Spellman from 1958 to 1967 . In 1967 he became pastor of Our Lady of Angels Church in the Bronx.

Pope Paul VI appointed him on February 3, 1970 titular bishop of Naiera and auxiliary bishop in New York . The Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Terence Cooke , ordained him episcopal on March 19 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were John Joseph Maguire , Coadjutor Archbishop of New York, and Edwin Bernard Broderick , Bishop of Albany . Until 1976 he was Episcopal Vicar for the Bronx District ; until 1980 of the Northwest Bronx District. In 1980 he became Episcopal Vicar of Staten Island ; In 1986 he founded the Seton Foundation for Learning, the island's first Catholic educational program. In 1990 he became responsible for the development of the entire Diocese of New York.

On April 26, 1994, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.

He was considered one of the leading experts on the spirituality of St. Therese of Lisieux . The "Bishop Patrick V. Ahern High School" was founded in 1999 on the site of the Moore Catholic High School in Graniteville.

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SURNAME Ahern, Patrick Vincent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ahern, Patrick; Ahern, Patrick V.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American clergyman, Catholic auxiliary bishop in New York
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 2011
Place of death New York City