Patrick Ronald Cooney

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Patrick Ronald Cooney (born March 10, 1934 in Detroit , † October 15, 2012 in Gaylord ) was Bishop of Gaylord .

Life

Patrick Ronald Cooney was ordained a priest in Rome on December 20, 1959 by Bishop Martin John O'Connor , Rector of the Pontifical North America College . He studied philosophy at the Sacred Heart Seminary College in Detroit (1952/56) and theology (1956/58) and the Holy Scriptures (1958/60) at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. From 1960 to 1962 he was a pastoral worker in Detroit. In 1962 he became assistant to the chancellor in the office in Detroit. In 1969 he became director of the prayer department . From 1967 on he was a chaplain at Mercy College, Detroit. From 1977 to 1983 he was rector of the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit.

Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Hodelm and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Detroit on December 3, 1982 . He was ordained bishop by the Archbishop of Detroit, Edmund Casimir Cardinal Szoka , on January 27, 1983 in Detroit Cathedral; Co- consecrators were Arthur Henry Krawczak , Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford , and Harold Robert Perry SVD , Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans .

He was named Bishop of Gaylord on November 6, 1989, and was instituted on January 28 of the next year. From 1987 to 1991 he was chaplain of Region VI. (Michigan and Ohio) of the American Bishops' Conference. He had numerous other tasks in various commissions of the Bishops' Conference.

On October 7, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI. Cooney's age-related resignation.

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predecessor Office successor
Robert John Rose Bishop of Gaylord
1989–2009 		Bernard Hebda
personal data
SURNAME Cooney, Patrick Ronald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cooney, Patrick; Cooney, Patrick R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Gaylord
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 2012
Place of death Gaylord (Michigan)