Denis O'Donaghue
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Most Reverend Denis O'Donaghue |
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| Bishop of Louisville | |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Louisville |
| Appointed | February 7, 1910 |
| Installed | March 29, 1910 |
| Term ended | July 26, 1924 |
| Predecessor | William George McCloskey |
| Successor | John A. Floersh |
| Other posts | Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis (1900-1910) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 6, 1874 |
| Consecration | April 25, 1900 by William Henry Elder |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | John Alexander Floersh |
| Born |
November 30, 1848 Daviess County, Indiana |
| Died | November 7, 1925 (aged 76) Louisville, Kentucky |
| Buried | Saint Louis Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | James and Mary (Toomey) O'Donaghue |
| Alma mater | Grand Seminary of Montreal |
Denis O'Donaghue (November 30, 1848 – November 7, 1925) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Louisville from 1910 to 1924.
O'Donaghue was born in Daviess County, Indiana to Irish immigrants James and Mary (Toomey) O'Donaghue, and received his education at St. Meinrad's College in Indiana and at St. Thomas Seminary in Bardstown, Kentucky. After completing his theological studies at the Grand Seminary of Montreal in Ontario, Canada, he was ordained to the priesthood on September 6, 1874. He served as chancellor of the Diocese of Indianapolis from 1878 to 1899, and was named its vicar general on March 19, 1899.
On February 10, 1900, O'Donaghue was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis and Titular Bishop of Pomaria by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 25 from Archbishop William Henry Elder, with Bishops John Samuel Foley and Thomas Sebastian Byrne serving as co-consecrators. He was later named Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, on February 7, 1910, and enthroned at the Cathedral of the Assumption on the following March 29.
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