Patrick Vincent Ahern
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Patrick Vincent Ahern (March 8, 1919 – March 19, 2011) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1970 to 1994.
Ahern was born in New York City, and attended Manhattan College and Cathedral College in the same city. He began his studies for the priesthood at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, and also studied at St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, and at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
Ahern was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of New York on January 27, 1945. His first assignment was as a curate at St. Helena's Church in The Bronx. He then worked with the Archdiocesan Mission Band until 1955, when he became a curate at St. Patrick's Cathedral. He taught at St. Joseph's Seminary before serving as secretary to Cardinal Francis Spellman from 1958 to 1967. He afterwards became pastor of Our Lady of Angels Church in the Bronx.
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