Patrick James Donahue
Patrick James Donahue (born April 14, 1849 in Little Malvern , Worcestershire , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , † October 4, 1922 in Wheeling , West Virginia , USA ) was Bishop of Wheeling .
Life
Patrick James Donahue attended St. Gregory's College in Bath . Donahue studied law at George Washington University Law School . From 1876 to 1883, Patrick James Donahue worked as a lawyer . Donahue then studied philosophy and Catholic theology at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore . He received on 19 December 1885 the Archbishop of Baltimore , James Gibbons , the sacrament of Holy Orders .
Patrick James Donahue then became a curate at St. John's Church in Baltimore. From 1886 to 1891 he was Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. In 1891 Donahue became rector of the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore.
On January 22, 1894, Pope Leo XIII appointed him . to the Bishop of Wheeling. The Archbishop of Baltimore, James Cardinal Gibbons, donated him episcopal ordination on April 8 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Detroit , John Samuel Foley , and the Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina , Leo Michael Haid, OSB .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| John Joseph Cain |
Bishop of Wheeling 1894–1922 |
John Joseph Swint |
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| SURNAME | Donahue, Patrick James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British clergyman, Bishop of Wheeling |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Little Malvern , Worcestershire , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 4, 1922 |
| Place of death | Wheeling , West Virginia , USA |