Patrick O'Donnell (cardinal)
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His Eminence Patrick O'Donnell |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland |
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| See | Armagh |
| Installed | 1924 |
| Term ended | 1927 |
| Predecessor | Michael Logue |
| Successor | Joseph MacRory |
| Other posts | Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh 1922-24; Bishop of Raphoe 1888-1922 |
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| Ordination | 1880 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 25 March 1888 (Bishop) |
| Created Cardinal | 14 December 1925 |
| Rank | Cardinal priest |
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| Born | 28 November 1856 Kilraine, Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland |
| Died | 22 October 1927 (aged 70) Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland |
| Buried | St Patrick's Cathedral Cemetery, Armagh |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Patrick Joseph O'Donnell (28 November 1856 – 22 November 1927) was an Irish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Armagh from 1924 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1925.
Patrick Joseph O'Donnell was born in Glenties, County Donegal in 1856, son of Daniel O'Donnell, a farmer, and his wife, Mary (née Breslin). He was one of nine children in a family that claimed descent from the O'Donnells of Tyrconnell. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1880, He was educated in the High School, Letterkenny, the Catholic University, Dublin (1873-'75) and St Patrick's College, Maynooth. He was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1880. In that same year he was appointed to the staff of St Patrick's College, Maynooth, holding the chairs of Dogmatic and Moral Theology. In 1884 he became dean of the revived post-graduate Dunboyne Institute and in 1885 was awarded his STD. From his desk in Maynooth he poured out a continuous stream of articles on moral theology and canon law.
He became Bishop of Raphoe on 26 February 1888. When he was the youngest in the world at the time and was consecrated by Cardinal Logue on 3 April in Letterkenny. With superior qualities of mind and body, he was a benign figure who was yet gifted with sharp political acumen. He had the most distinguished episcopate, locally and nationally. He undertook and completed prodigious building projects: a superbly-sited neo-gothic (with Romanesque details) cathedral, overlooked by a house for bishop and clergy (1891–1901); St Eunan’s Diocesan College (1906); the Presentation Monastery and Loreto schools and an extension to Loreto Convent, all in Letterkenny.
He was appointed coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh on 14 January 1922 and succeeded Cardinal Michael Logue on 19 November 1924. On 14 December 1925, Pope Pius XI made O'Donnell a Cardinal.
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