Patrick J. Conroy
| Patrick J. Conroy | |
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| 60th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives | |
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Assumed office May 25, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Coughlin |
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| Born |
October 31, 1950 Everett, Washington, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Claremont McKenna College (BA) Gonzaga University (MA) Saint Louis University (JD) Santa Clara University (MDiv) University of Toronto (STM) |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Patrick J. Conroy, S.J., (born October 31, 1950) is a Jesuit priest who is serving as the 60th Chaplain of the House of Representatives. His selection was announced by the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives on May 6, 2011, and he was sworn in as the new House Chaplain May 25, 2011, following a unanimous vote by the House. Conroy delivered his first prayer as House Chaplain on May 26, 2011.
Conroy was born October 31, 1950, in Everett, Washington. When his parents divorced in 1958, he moved with his mother to Arlington, Virginia, living there until midway through his sophomore year in high school. Halfway through his sophomore year he moved back to Washington to live with his father. He transferred to Snohomish High School and graduated in 1968.
He received a bachelor's degree from Claremont Men's College in Claremont, California in 1972. In 1977, he received a master's degree in philosophy from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington; in 1979, a law degree from St. Louis University; in 1983, a Masters of Divinity (M. Div.) from the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, in Santa Clara, California; and in 1984, a Masters of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.) from Regis College of the University of Toronto.
Conroy says that he intended to become a lawyer and then go into politics, aiming for the United States Senate, but during his first year of law school "had a very dramatic sense of God's call to join the Jesuits." "That was really my call," he says, "but for most Jesuits, that call includes becoming a priest. I joined the Jesuits because it was Jesuits who inspired me."
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