Patrick Joseph Dillon

Rev Patrick Joseph Dillon (1842–1889) was an Irish Catholic priest, missionary in Argentina, politician and founder of The Southern Cross newspaper.

In 1871 he succeeded Father Fahy as Irish Chaplain of Buenos Aires.

In 1880 Dillon was elected provincial deputy to the Buenos Aires legislature with the sponsorship of the Autonomist Party and in 1883 he was elected national Senator for Buenos Aires. He died in 1889.

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