Patrick Joseph James Keane
| Most Reverend Patrick Keane, DD |
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|---|---|
| Bishop of Sacramento | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Sacramento |
| In office | March 17, 1922—September 1, 1928 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Grace |
| Successor | Robert John Armstrong |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 20, 1895 |
| Consecration | December 14, 1920 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 6, 1872 Ballybunnion, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Died | September 1, 1928 (aged 56) Sacramento, California |
Patrick Joseph James Keane (January 6, 1872 – September 1, 1928) was a 20th-century bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento in the state of California from 1922-1928.
Born in Ballybunnion, County Kerry, Ireland, Keane studied from 1890-1895 at St. Patrick's College in Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland and The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC where he was granted a Doctor of Divinity in 1896. He was ordained a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 20, 1895. For the next 25 years he was involved in parish work. His first assignment, St. Patrick's Church in San Francisco. The pastor of St. Patrick's, Father Peter Grey had high praise of Father Keane to Archbishop Riordan. In 1900, Keane was transferred to St. Joseph's Church in San Francisco. The pastor of St. Joseph, Father Patrick Scanlon died May 31, 1904. Father Keane served nearly six years under the new pastor, Father Patrick Mulligan at St. Joseph. On March 6, 1910, Archbishop Patrick W. Riordan of San Francisco named Father Patrick J. Keane, Administrator of St. Francis de Sales in Oakland. The founding pastor of St. Francis de Sales, Father Thomas W. Mc Sweeney had a series of strokes. Mc Sweeney would die in Ireland on July 28, 1915. On July 30, 1915, Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna appointed Father Keane, second pastor of St. Francis de Sales.
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