Bishop Patrick James Donahue †

Deceased

Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA

Motto: Caritas Xte Urge Nos

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Apr 1849		Born
19 Dec 1885	36.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
22 Jan 1894	44.7	Appointed	Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
8 Apr 1894	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
4 Oct 1922	73.4	Died	Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA

MicroData Summary
Patrick James Donahue
Bishop Patrick James Donahue
(born 15 Apr 1849, died 4 Oct 1922)
Bishop of Wheeling

Event Place
Birth Place Little Malvern, Worcestershire, Vicariate Apostolic of Central District, England, Great Britain
Ordained Priest Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Ordained Bishop Assumption, Cathedral, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Death Place Wheeling, Diocese of Wheeling, West Virginia
Buried Place (Original) Mount Calvary, Cemetery, Wheeling, Diocese of Wheeling, West Virginia

a priest for 36.7 years
a bishop for 28.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop James Gibbons †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Consecrator:
James Cardinal Gibbons †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Samuel Foley †
Bishop of Detroit, Michigan
Bishop Leo Michael Haid (Hite), O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Messene

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop John Joseph Swint † (1904)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley † (1914)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 7958846
WikiData: Q16031721

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 598
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1894, Number 7
c1: CB, 13 May 2022

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