Patrick O'Donoghue

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Rt Revd Patrick O'Donoghue
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Denomination   Catholic Church
Senior posting
See   Liverpool
Title   Bishop of Lancaster
Period in office   5th June 2001 — present
Predecessor   Rt Rev John Brewer
Successor   incumbent
Personal
Date of birth   4th May 1934
Place of birth   Mourne Abbey, Co Cork, Ireland
This article is about the Bishop. For the Nineteenth Century revolutionary, see Patrick O'Donoghue(Young Irelander).

Patrick O'Donoghue, (born 4 May 1934 in Mourne Abbey, County Cork, Ireland) is the fifth - and current - Bishop of the Diocese of Lancaster in England.

He was ordained a priest in 1967 for the Archdiocese of Westminster. On 29 June 1993 he was ordanied Auxiliary Bishop for that same diocese by Cardinal Basil Hume.

On July 4th 2001, he was installed as the fifth Bishop of Lancaster following the death of Bishop John Brewer while in office.

Religious Posts
Preceded by:
John Brewer
Bishop of Lancaster
2001–Present
Succeeded by:
Current Incumbent