Daniel Francis Feehan

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Bishop Daniel F. Feehan (1855-1934) was the second Bishop to serve the Diocese of Fall River. The son of William and Joanna (Foley) Feehan he was born in Athol, Massachusetts on September 24, 1855. The family moved to Milbury, Massachusetts, when Daniel was only three years old. He graduated from St. Mary's College in Montreal, Canada. He studied at St. Joseph Seminary in Troy, New York and was ordained a priest on December 29, 1879. He served in the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts. On July 2, 1907 he was appointed Bishop of Fall River. Ordained a bishop on September 19, 1907 by Bishop Thomas Daniel Beaven, he served the people of the diocese until incapacitation due to senility. Bishop Feehan died on July 19, 1934.

Bishop Feehan High School, a parochial school in Attleboro, Massachusetts, was named for him when it opened in 1961.

Preceded by William Stang

Bishop of Fall River 1907–1934

Succeeded by James Edwin Cassidy