Patrick Joseph McGrath
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Patrick Joseph McGrath |
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| Bishop of San José in California | |
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| Church | Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph |
| Archdiocese | San Francisco |
| Diocese | San Jose |
| Appointed | June 30, 1998 |
| Installed | November 27, 1999 |
| Predecessor | Pierre DuMaine |
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| Ordination | June 7, 1970 |
| Consecration | January 25, 1989 by John R. Quinn, Mark Joseph Hurley, and Michael Joseph Kaniecki |
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| Born |
June 11, 1945 Dublin, Ireland 
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco |
| Motto | TOGETHER IN CHRIST |
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Styles of Patrick Joseph McGrath |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Patrick Joseph McGrath (born June 11, 1945) is the second Roman Catholic Bishop of San Jose. Known as P.J., McGrath was born in Dublin, Ireland.
McGrath attended St. John’s Seminary in Waterford, Ireland, where he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1970. He served as the parochial vicar of St. Anne of the Sunset Parish in San Francisco, and in the archdiocesan tribunal. He went to Rome to continue his education and earned a doctorate in Canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University in 1977. He returned to San Francisco and was appointed the Vice-Officialis, then Officialis, of the archdiocesan tribunal and pastor of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.
McGrath was named auxiliary bishop of San Francisco and titular bishop of Allegheny on December 6, 1988, and consecrated on January 25, 1989 at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption; archbishop John Raphael Quinn served as his principal consecrator. McGrath was named coadjutor bishop of San Jose by Pope John Paul II on June 30, 1998, and became the ordinary of the diocese upon the retirement of bishop Pierre DuMaine on November 27, 1999.
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