Patrick James Donahue
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Most Reverend Patrick James Donahue |
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| Bishop of Wheeling | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Wheeling |
| In office | April 8, 1894—October 4, 1922 |
| Predecessor | John Joseph Kain |
| Successor | John Joseph Swint |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 19, 1885 |
| Consecration | April 8, 1894 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 15, 1849 Little Malvern, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | October 4, 1922 (aged 73) Wheeling, West Virginia, United States |
Patrick James Donahue (April 15, 1849 – October 4, 1922) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wheeling from 1894 until his death in 1922.
Born in Little Malvern, Worcestershire, Donahue became a student at St. Michael's Priory in Hereford at age 14 and entered St. Gregory's College near Bath two years later. After graduating in 1869, he taught English and mathematics. In 1873, he came to United States and settled in Washington, D.C., where he enrolled at George Washington University Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1876. He then practiced until 1883, when he became a theological student at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland.
Donahue was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop James Gibbons on December 19, 1885. After serving as an assistant priest at St. John's Church in Baltimore, he was chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1886 to 1891, and rector of Assumption Cathedral from 1891 to 1894.
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